The growing effort toward raising the minimum wage in the United States to $15 an hour — which has already happened in several locations — is leading to an examination of labor laws that date back nearly a century, according to a Christian Science Monitor article. Drawing upon the social contract established by those labor laws, Clark University’s Gary N. Chaison,…

UMassMedNow, the online publication of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, highlighted the members of its 2016 Summer Enrichment Program, including Clark University’s Iva Hoxha ’17. Hoxha, who came to the United States from Albania with her family when she was 15, took part in the program, which gives aspiring medical students from economically disadvantaged homes and backgrounds underrepresented…

The Worcester Telegram & Gazette reported on local reaction to the Supreme Court’s rejection of the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programs. Clark University political science Professor Paul Posner weighed in on what the vote means to the initiative. Here, an excerpt: “But the 4-4 vote by the Supreme Court on…

Mary Jane Rein, executive director of the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University, and Thomas Kühne, Strassler Professor of Holocaust History and director of the Strassler Center, explored the question of whether Republican presidential candidate Donald is a “fascist or demagogue” as part of an “As I See It” column for the Worcester Telegram &…

The Worcester Telegram & Gazette covered the Healthy Men and Boys summit, held at Clark University for the first time last week. The T&G quoted Clark Psychology Professor Michael E. Addis, an expert in men’s health. Here, an excerpt: “If you want a talking point for ‘toxic masculinity,’ look no further than the episodes that played…