In an article for Gothamist, Professor Dale Margolin Cecka of Albany Law School discusses reasons to end anonymous reports of child abuse. If Governor Hochul signs it, New York would be the third state — along with Texas and California — to pass a law banning or curtailing anonymous reports.
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Deanna Van Buren, Co-Founder of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces published an op-ed for Governing. Van Buren highlights proposed solutions for repurposing prisons and transforming them into thriving communities.
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Laurie Wayburn of Pacific Forest Trust was a guest on the Agri-Pulse Open Mic podcast. Laurie says, “Betting on nature is to say: to weather this climate crisis, we need to be investing in our lands and our landowners to do the kind of stewardship that’s needed to get us through this enormously stressful time.”
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As Governor Hochul considers the Anti-Harassment in Reporting bill, Cecka published an op-ed in The Imprint arguing against anonymous reporting — drawing on her groundbreaking law review article, one of the first to call for ending the practice.
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Should New York State end anonymous reports of child abuse? Dale Cecka – whose law review article over a decade ago was amongst the first to argue for abolition of anonymous reporting, argues that Hochul must sign the Anti-Harassment Reporting Act. Watch the on-air interview here, or below.
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President Trump wants to lock up people with drug or mental health challenges. Advocates say lack of housing is the real problem. “The intention here in New York is not to and never should be to warehouse anybody,” said Patrick Wildes, the director of Albany Law School’s Government Law Center and the former state assistant […]
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In Law360’s roundup of key international tax issues to watch in the second half of 2025, Professor Zhaoyi Li of Albany Law School commented on the U.S. Treasury’s push for a “side-by-side” system that would exempt U.S. companies from the OECD’s 15% global minimum tax. She noted this approach could give American companies a compliance […]
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In an op-ed for MSNBC, Albany Law School professor Ray Brescia writes about ICE failing to comply with the most basic elements of due process.
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John Goodrich, Chief Scientist for Panthera, shared his harrowing tiger attack and his continued tiger conservation work with The Guardian.
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In an op-ed for MSNBC, Albany Law School professor Ray Brescia writes about Emil Bove testifying before the Senate.
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BHTNH anchored Associated Press national coverage with more than 650 articles in outlets from Washington Post to HuffPost.
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Executive Director JerriAnne Boggis published a moving op-ed in Common Dreams about resisting erasure and fulfilling our nation’s founding promises.
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Designing Justice + Designing Spaces was featured in Design Milk for their collaboration with Formr on the Healing Forest Table Collection.
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The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire was featured in the Boston Globe for their unveiling of a new headstone for Dinah Chase Whipple.
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Laurie Wayburn of Pacific Forest Trust published an op-ed for the Sacramento Bee, highlighting a key opportunity to stretch wildfire prevention budgets through a simple, bipartisan amendment to the Fix Our Forests Act.
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Panthera was featured in People, Newsweek, and The Guardian for their footage of the “Ghost Elephant” in Senegal’s Niokolo-Koba National Park.
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In an op-ed for MSNBC, Albany Law School professor Ray Brescia writes about Elon Musk’s attack on the courts.
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Co-Founder and Executive Director, Deanna Van Buren of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces went on ABC7 to talk about the Healing Forest Tables, where every purchase creates ripples of change.
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JerriAnne Boggis, executive director of The Black Heritage Trail of NH was interviewed by Axios, highlighting their 12-day Juneteenth celebration.
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Professor Dale Margolin Cecka of Albany Law School, published an op-ed on USA Today to address the societal blind spots around domestic violence using recent headlines involving Diddy and French President Emmanuel Macron.
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In an op-ed for MSNBC, Albany Law School professor Ray Brescia writes about the legal challenges the Trump administration faces due to their attempts to freeze billions in grants to Harvard University.
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Albany Law School’s professor, Ray Brescia, published an op-ed in MSNBC addressing the legal implications of President Trump’s retaliation against Harvard.
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by CBS News Confirmed (@cbsnewsconfirmed) Recent air travel disasters are making splashy headlines — leading to an increase in flight anxiety. But is it warranted? Are travel accidents happening more often or are we simply sensationalizing them through rapt social media coverage? Storyful’s analysis of social media […]
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NPR Philadelphia (WHYY) covered Sheryl Oring’s Secretary to the People exhibit at the Free Library of Philadelphia, a chronicle of her 21 year journey typing messages from the public to U.S. presidents.
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In a letter to The New York Times, Albany Law School Dean Cinnamon Carlarne argues that true climate havens aren’t defined by geography alone — they must be intentionally built through policy, planning, and resilience. Read the LTE here.
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PKPR placed an op-ed in The Hill by Pacific Forest Trust’s Laurie Wayburn marking Smokey Bear’s 80th anniversary with a critical examination of how his famous anti-wildfire message has backfired.
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Albany Law School Professor Jonathan Rosenbloom wrote an op-ed on Law360 on the rise of state and local environmental leadership in the face of a stymied Congress and a hostile SCOTUS.
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Read an op-ed by Amazon’s Jen Caltrider, Director of *Privacy Not Included, on the occassion of Amazon’s 30th anniversary.
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Laurie Wayburn of Pacific Forest Trust penned an op-ed for the LA Times discussing the merits of Arbor Day – and more meaningful actions against climate change.
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This week, Albany Law School Professor Dale Cecka wrote an op-ed for Newsday arguing that New York State must stop allowing anonymous reports to Child Protective Services.
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