“… Tripp was asked to speak about the campus environment before BAM – a separate group from today’s BAMN – began its efforts in the late 1960s. BAM’s protests of the University led to the creation of programs designed to increse racial diversity. As a student, Tripp was not alone in his efforts to promote […]
I’m excited about this series of events: “Join the Black Student Union, Multi Ethnic Student Affairs and the Center for Afro-American and African Studies as we “Rediscover the Legacy”: Black Activism at the University of Michigan Keynote SpeakerAlexa Canady,U-M Activist AlumnaFirst Black Female Neurosurgeon in the United StatesMonday February 26 p.m.“The power of activism”Henderson Room, […]
Frequent commenter T.J. Wharry has announced his “retirement” from this website.
Incoming Daily editorial page editor Jason Pesick has done something likely a first in Daily history: put student activists in the same box with censorship-minded administrators. Over its entire history, the Daily has had a close relationship with students, and frequently the Daily stood in for the opinion of the student body. But no longer […]
“Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), who has made a fight against corporate special interests a centerpiece of his front-running campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, has raised more money from paid lobbyists than any other senator over the past 15 years, federal records show. Kerry, a 19-year veteran of the Senate who fought and won […]
“The significance of the book pivots not upon its details but upon the fact of its publication. To generations of thinkers schooled in the petty arts of self-aggrandizement, the very idea that the intellectual class might oppose political power seems merely silly. Anyone willing to risk their jeers, however, will find in The New Imperialism […]
Watching the Superbowl? “CBS is refusing to run the winning ad, “Child’s Pay,” on the Super Bowl. Watch the ad and join the nonpartisan MoveOn.org effort calling on CBS to run public interest advocacy advertising like ours. Even if CBS won’t air the ad, we’re not going to let that stop us. During the Super […]