Tema uMdengentaba Maphosa·Feb 19, 2025Action, Resistance and (Un)change on Residence Road: Re-visiting ShackvilleKakstad
Ijeoma Opara·Jan 18, 2022Reflections of a former activist.I don’t know why every time I watch a biopic or movie about racism at any point in history, it triggers something within me. Especially the…
Amani·Jun 16, 2021The importance of authentic youth voices in 21st century activismWe sat down with Lehlogonolo Muthevhuli, a member of the Global Youth Collective, to find out more about her involvement in youth activism…
Gorata Chengeta·Mar 21, 2019Nervous conditionsReflecting on life as a marginalized person in academia
JB·Jan 16, 2019Funding Our FutureMassachusetts State Senator Jo Comerford recently filed SD.740 which would establish a baseline for public higher education funding at…
JB·Nov 21, 2018Canceling Student Debt is Good for EveryoneNew York Times columnist David Leonhardt wrote a column asserting that canceling student debt would mainly benefit wealthy students and…
JB·Nov 4, 2018An endowment tax benefits low income studentsA researcher from the Urban Institute recently commentated about the “tradeoffs” of a 1.6 percent tax on universities with endowments…
JB·Oct 7, 2018Student Debt at UMass Amherst: The Racial DivideOver the past several decades, student debt in Massachusetts is rising. While in 2004, 58 percent of graduating student at Massachusetts…
Gorata Chengeta·Sep 3, 2018Reading List: #Chapter2.12, #RUReferenceList, #RhodesWar & #StandWithYolandaTW: rape culture, sexual assault