“Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.” -Thomas Jefferson Terms such as “fake news” and “alternative facts” may be relatively recent additions to the political lexicon, but attacks on the media are nothing new. Elected officials have been criticizing the […]
Participate in a timely and interactive conversation with Lisa Gray, Associate Director of Student Diversity and Inclusion within Campus Life at UMBC and Debby Irving, racial justice educator and acclaimed author of Waking Up White. This workshop supports white people and (white-identified people of color) in making the paradigm shift from ‘fixing’ and ‘helping’ those […]
Richard Rothstein discusses his book The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, a critically acclaimed exploration of segregation as the result of explicit government policies at the local, state, and federal levels. The Color of Law was designated one of ten finalists on the National Book Awards’ long list […]