The Mocha Chronicles: An Introduction
Cartoonist Laura Carty ’20 introduces the first of her cartoons in the Mocha
Chronicles, a new series.
Opinion
Seeing Double: The Case for Open Borders
According to Pew Research Center, 62 percent of Americans have said that
immigrants strengthen our country. Yet, around 11 million undocumented
immigrants face constant fear of deportation, immigration court backlogs number
over one million and refugee resettlement in the United States has plummeted.
Some immigration applications have been sitting in
A Whirlwind Adventure
During my first week at Amherst, I ran into two editors of The Amherst Student
pinning up a poster in the foyer of Appleton Hall. I had been on my high school
newspaper for the past three years and knew that I wanted to work for a
publication in college,
Seeing Double: An Empire of Sand
Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has reigned as the world’s
foremost superpower. Americans hoped that we would use our supremacy to spread
democracy and security to the rest of the world. Yet in the nearly 30 years
since the end of the Cold War,
The Fight Does Not End Here
One of the most closely-watched cases in higher education received judgment last
week when District Judge Allison D. Burroughs ruled in favor of Harvard in
Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. The decision marks a great victory for
advocates of affirmative action, but it is also important to recognize the
Welcoming Justice Ginsburg
I’m Ruth, she/her, prospective LJST major…
Seeing Double: America’s Sub-Citizens
More than six million Americans could not vote in the 2016 elections because of
felony convictions. In other words, about 4.5 percent of eligible voters were
prohibited from casting ballots simply because they had been convicted of a
felony at some point. Of these disenfranchised voters, 77 percent were