by Communications Editor | Mar 31, 2017 | Amicus, Education & Youth, Freedom of Expression, Racial Justice
An idyllic hilltop retreat, where I spent four years of my life, has turned, it seems, into a national battleground. A controversial speaker, a campus protest, an injured professor, and conservatives and liberals alike have rushed to denounce a Middlebury College...
by Communications Editor | Nov 15, 2016 | Amicus, Executive Branch, Racial Justice, Voting and Elections Rights
“An American said to me at Berne: ‘The trouble is that we are all eaten by the fear of being less American than our neighbor.’ I accept this explanation: it shows that Americanism is not merely a myth that clever propaganda stuffs into people’s head but something...
by Communications Editor | Nov 3, 2016 | Amicus, Racial Justice, Voting and Elections Rights
In the wake of sexual assault scandals and falling poll numbers, Donald Trump has increasingly suggested that voter fraud (and not his awful personality) may lose him the election this November. Last week, Trump told a crowd of Wisconsin supporters: “They even want...
by Communications Editor | Feb 15, 2016 | Amicus, Weekly News Roundup
NYPD Officer Convicted for 2014 Shooting Death of Akai Gurley On Thursday, a Brooklyn jury convicted NYPD Officer Peter Liang of manslaughter and official misconduct for the fatal shooting of Akai Gurley in 2014. On November 20, Mr. Gurley, a black, 28-year-old...