What Does Amherst Owe Democracy?

Those elite institutions that send their alumni into leadership positions in our country have a responsibility to educate truly civic-minded leaders, Zane Khiry ’25 argues.

Black Perspective: American Normalcy

Welcome to the inaugural article of our new column, Black Perspective. We, the columnists, lament the fact that we must begin our writing careers with the circumstances of the past week looming large. On that topic, we would like to begin by recognizing and denouncing the abhorrent acts of racial violence committed this past week [https://www.npr.org/2021/03/17/978055571/anti-asian-attacks-rise-during-pandemic-read-nprs-stories-on-the-surge-in-violen] and historically, towards Asian Americans