Leo Beletsky
Leo Beletsky is a professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University, where he directs the Health in Justice Action Lab. His research focuses on public health impact of laws and policing.
The Other Public Health Crisis: How The DOJ Can Flatten the Overdose Curve
The pandemic has turbo-charged the overdose crisis, and the Biden administration can bend this curve by abandoning ineffective and counterproductive policy.
The Feds Have A Long History Of Snatching People Up. Only Now They Are Targeting Middle-Class White People
Federal agents have been unfairly arresting Black and brown people for decades. Now that white Portlanders are seeing it up close and personal, they are outraged. Better late than never.
Why We Shouldn’t Reward Fearmongering in Criminal Justice Reporting
The Courier Journal’s Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting on Governor Matt Bevin’s commutations sensationalizes crime at the expense of future clemency efforts.
