Alex Green

1 week ago | devex.com | Alex Green

Alongside job loss, many affected by global aid cuts are grappling with deep emotional fallout, both grief for the communities they served and a sense of betrayal. With limited institutional support, many are turning to peer networks to cope. When Laura I., a senior nutrition adviser contracted through the Public Health Institute, came in to work on Jan. 28, she did not expect it to be her last day at the U.S. Agency for International Development.

4 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Alex Green |Katherine Benson |Anne Fracht

Alex Green authored legislation to create the Special Commission on State Institutions, serves as its vice chair, and teaches at Harvard Kennedy School. Katherine Benson is cochair of the commission and teaches at UMass Amherst. Anne Fracht is cochair of the commission and is a researcher at Harvard University.

Feb 4, 2025 | publishersweekly.com | Alex Green |Joe Dunthorne |Joe Kloc |Jeanne Carstensen

Green, a Harvard lecturer on public policy, debuts with an enthralling biography of Walter E. Fernald (1859–1924), a controversial doctor who shaped much of 20th-century American government policy toward the disabled.

Jul 16, 2024 | medium.com | Alex Green

My current read is Atomic Habits by James Clear, my first attempt at a self help book and the reason why I have finally decided to start writing. I have a lot of free time until I start my final year of university, so I came to the difficult conclusion that this would be a much more beneficial habit than scrolling on Tiktok for over 4 hours a day.

Mar 27, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Alex Green

Every day, more than 40,000 Massachusetts residents wake up in their own beds and go about their lives thanks to a personal care attendant. These workers chop and blend food for people who cannot chew. They help people shower, bathe, and brush their teeth. They assist people who need help using the bathroom. Often, they are all that stands between a disabled person’s life in the community and their consignment to an expensive and dehumanizing long-term care facility.