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Elon Musk's SNL Performance Crash-Lands

Saturday Night Live’s (SNL) ratings have been dropping since the 2020 election [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tv-ratings-saturday-sunday-dec-5-6-2020-4101715/amp/] , probably because there are fewer jokes to make about Donald Trump. In an effort to boost ratings, SNL brought business mogul and engineer Elon

Closing Out "Politics and Poetry" Series, Martin Baron Discusses Polarization and Truth in Journalism

On Thursday, April 29, Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Culture Ilan Stavans discussed ideological polarization in the American media with journalist Martin Baron in the final event of the college’s virtual “Politics and Poetry” series [https://www.amherst.edu/news/campus_community_events/virtual/politics-and-poetry]

Seeing Double: Pros and Cons of Court-Packing

In October 2020, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made the controversial decision to fill the seat of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg with Justice Amy Coney Barrett. The move gave Republican appointees a six out of nine majority on the nation’s highest court, a balance that could

MLB Moves All-Star Game Due to Controversial Georgia Voting Law

On April 2, Major League Baseball (MLB) announced that its 2021 All-Star Game will no longer take place in Atlanta, Georgia after the state passed a controversial voting law last month. Coors Field in Denver, Colorado was later named as the replacement location for the game, which will still be

As Mississippi and Texas Repeal Covid-19 Restrictions, Amherst Students Express Concern

On Tuesday, the governors of Texas and Mississippi announced that they had lifted state-wide mask mandates and rolled back a substantial number of Covid-19 health mandates. The announcements, which came merely a day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned against the ongoing dangers of Covid-19, have

David Brooks Discusses Inspirations, Shortcomings and the American Dream in Virtual Lecture

On Thursday, March 11, the college hosted its first event in a new virtual series titled “Politics and Poetry.” The six-part edition [https://www.amherst.edu/news/campus_community_events/virtual/politics-and-poetry] of the Point/Counterpoint series was a conversation between Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino