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Anita Allen to receive the Philip L. Quinn Prize, the American Philosophical Association's highest honor

Allen served as President of the APA’s Eastern Division in 2018-19—the organization’s first black woman president.

Nazir Ahmad, his two teenage daughters, and wife in Afghanistan.

Spike in child marriages may be ‘the most disturbing fallout of the Taliban takeover’

Rangita De Silva de Alwis explains why there has been an increase in marriages of underage girls in Afghanistan and what could be done to improve girls’ lives.

Anita Allen on Facebook, facial recognition, and privacy

The expert on privacy and data protection law explains why Facebook’s decision to shut down its facial-recognition system is good for privacy rights.

Crowd of people in front of U.S. Supreme Court, several hold a large sign that reads Repro Freedom For All!

Abortion rights in the Supreme Court are ‘in grave jeopardy’

Serena Mayeri, a professor of law and history, argues that the Texas abortion law SB8 has already had devastating short- and long-term consequences, with dire effects on reproductive justice in this country.

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Rereleasing ‘Red’: On Taylor Swift’s latest album and music copyright

Cynthia Dahl, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law and director of the Detkin Intellectual Property and Technology Legal Clinic, discusses music copyright and the Swift controversy.

Cary Coglianese (left), director of the Penn Program on Regulation, and PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts.

‘Black Families Matter’

In a lecture organized by the Penn Program on Regulation, PIK Professor Dorothy E. Roberts argued that the U.S. child welfare system is designed to police Black families, not to protect children, and must be abolished and replaced with a new vision of family support and child safety.

Taking a closer look at cryptocurrency

Experts across the University share their thoughts on how cryptocurrency has globally transformed businesses, research, and the environment.

Penn at COP26: By the numbers

A look at who is representing the University at this global conference, what they’re focused on, and how it fits into the bigger picture of worldwide climate action.

A masked crowd of protesters marching holding cardboard signs, one reads CHANGE POLITICS NOT THE CLIMATE.

Cary Coglianese on the challenges facing the Paris Agreement

Cary Coglianese of the Law School discusses this year’s COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, where leaders are gathering to decide how best to tackle the climate crisis. He argues that the current strategy of the Paris agreement is inherently flawed.

Picture of mountainous scrubland with a reddish brown fence running through the terrain

The state of U.S. immigration

Immigration is once again front and center in the national debate. The Law School's Fernando Chang-Muy explains the U.S.'s complex immigration code.

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