Thesis Writers Working Through Break
Good luck to all the students working hard as spring “break” comes to an end!
Search Results for: violence
Pankaj Mishra’s “Age Of Anger”
Pankaj Mishra’s new book, :Age of Anger: A History of the Present,” will be the subject of his Jacob Julien Lecture at Wesleyan on Wednesday, March 1 at 8 p.m. at the Russell House.
Campus Update
In the past few days a few Wesleyan students have received racist, threatening messages. This is completely unacceptable…
Normalized Nastiness
The election season is finally coming to an end. I published this short essay at the end of last week in Inside Higher Education.
Pain and Anger, Solidarity and Engagement
Like many citizens around the country, I have been deeply disturbed by the reports of African-American men being shot by police officers.
Stop the Trump Calamity
I’ve been thinking about bystander intervention lately in the context of the presidential race.
Sharing Ideas at the Aspen Festival
At the beginning of this month, Kari Weil and I made a brief trip to Colorado to participate in the Aspen Ideas Festival.
On What Matters
The brutal killings by police officers in Minnesota and Louisiana and the vicious murders of police officers in Dallas that followed have underscored how violence can destroy individual lives while shaking communities to the core.
Defending Against Terror and Hate
This morning’s attack at a gay nightclub in Orlando is a repulsive act of hatred and terror, already embraced by ISIS.
On “The Argus” and Freedom of Expression
For several months free speech issues have been vigorously debated on our campus centering on questions about the role of the student newspaper The Argus.