Opinion: Human Rights Day in Amherst, 2025
Social Injustice Goes Global Where the Global Finally Felt LocalHuman Rights Day in Amherst this...
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Activists Condemn Assault on Academic Freedom at UMass
Student activists supporting justice in Palestine, along with members of the Professional Staff Union and...
Journalists at UMass Event Address the Challenges of Reporting During the Second Trump Administration
By Kiera McLaughlin This event was held on Zoom on November 12, 2025, and was...
Opinion: A Second Crisis for Jews in Massachusetts: Defining Antisemitism
For more than two years Jewish communities across Massachusetts and the nation have struggled with...
Opinion: Democracy Needs a Fearless Press and Vice Versa—Trump Is Killing Both
by Robert Reich Make no mistake. Trump’s efforts to silence media criticism of him and...
Opinion: Criminal Investigation Needed of ICE Seizure of Rümeysa Öztürk
by John Bonifaz & Alexandra Flores-Quilty Practicing Democracy The following column appeared originally on MassLive...
Opinion: Factories of Leftist Ideology?
The following column appeared originally in the Amherst Bulletin. Among the most unscrupulous lies repeated...
Amherst Cinema’s Seminars Feature Two Fresh Takes on Freedom of Expression
Source: Amherst Cinema Spring is here, and Amherst Cinema is bringing two fresh takes on...
UMass Faculty Senate Adopts Mutual Defense Compact
The Faculty Senate passed, at their April 10 meeting, a Resolution To Establish Mutual Academic...
Visas Revoked for 13 UMass Amherst Students. Trend Accelerates Across the Nation’s Campuses
Thirteen UMass Amherst international students (15 students across all five UMass campuses) have had their...
Lecture: How Can Universities Navigate the Current Moment
Source: UMass News and Media Robert Shibley, special counsel for campus advocacy at the Foundation...
Letter: Silence Is Not an Option
by Aaron Berman, Rabbi Devorah Jacobson, Jeffrey W. Gold and co-signed by 106 others. On...