Farmers, students push for equality
On Tuesday April 9, Vassar students and members of the Poughkeepsie community gathered for a panel discussion and march in support of farm workers’ rights. The event was titled “Shield…
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Muhammad: racial equality still far off
In the last 150 years since the Emancipation Proclamation, a lot has changed in the United States. However, as Dr. Khalil Muhammad emphasized in his lecture on March 28, race…
All-College Day to study race, privilege
Anti-racist white activist Tim Wise instructs us, “Standing still is never an option so long as inequities remain embedded in the very fabric of the culture,” in his penultimate book,…
Women in military, subject to abuse, now on frontlines
Over the past several years, a crisis of sexual assault has taken hold of the U.S. military. Most recently, the epicenter has been an Air Force training base in Texas,…