Latina immigrants face social, legal, and racial categorization as mothers, immigrants, Spanish speakers, and often, as low-wage workers. Yet public policies rarely account for how their family membe...

BU Wheelock welcomes Sarah Bruhn, Jessica Ghai, and Sara Harvel

Author Sarah Bruhn on how immigrant women’s carework is as critical as public protest to contesting the hardships imposed by immigration enforcement practices.

Sanctuary policies like the PROTECT Act have been the subject of public rancor and misunderstanding over the past year. These debates, though, often miss what sanctuary policies do – and what they do ...

Sanctuary policies like the PROTECT Act have been the subject of public rancor and misunderstanding over the past year. These debates, though, often miss what sanctuary policies do – and what they do ...

Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

Sanctuary policies aren't just good for public safety and economics—they also promote justice and human rights.

Working to End Domestic Violence

Who gets to live a life with dignity? Each day, families around the world make the difficult decision to leave their homes in search of safety, stability, and opportunity. For many migrant families, t...

US immigration policies have profound impacts on immigrant families. In a robust field of study across disciplines, scholars have documented how the multi-layered, complex immigration regime opens and...

How rural communities resist ICE and support their neighbors.

What is happening to Judith Butler – a Jewish intellectual – in the name of fighting ‘antisemitism’ is outrageous