Serving up some old time religion at Wexford groundbreaking
Groundbreaking ceremonies are little rituals. Politicians and business people come together, don hard hats and grab shovels in pantomime of laborers, and toss dirt in the air.
Brown University walkout calls for protection of students at risk under Trump
“I am walking out to call Brown University to protect its students, particularly Black, Native & Indigenous, Asian, undocumented, Muslim, Latinx, and LGBTQ+ students. Please join me if you would like to do the same.”
Students of color at Brown reclaim #BrownTogether
#BrownTogether is the official social media branding of a $3bn fundraising effort announced by Brown University President Christina Paxson. Paxson’s fundraising effort seeks to “transform” the university by allowing wealthy donors and corporations to make visible public contributions. Named chairs and endowments make good press, but Brown’s students of color have reclaimed the hashtag through weeks […]
Students join librarians to demand fair contract at Brown
Paxon’s words of thanks, says Brown student and activist Stoni Tomson, “is an attempt to co-opt our movement and our struggle… this is the tactic of some of the most insidious and abusive elements on this earth.”
Teach-In at Brown on Why Divest from Coal Industry
One of the reasons Brown University has such a a huge endowment is it invests in some pretty shady areas of the economy, one of which is the resource extraction sector. But a teach-in at Brown today hopes to call attention to why this isn’t such a good investment for the Ivy League institution. Here’s […]
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