Category: Education
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The Debt We Owe
In April’s Louisiana v. Callais ruling, the Supreme Court gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and opened the door for partisan gerrymandering, erasing decades of progress toward meaningful representation for Black people and other people of color. The additional restrictions on Section 2 of the VRA will likely make it significantly more difficult to challenge redistricting, meaning that…
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“Not In A Million Years We Will Bow Down To Inequality”: Northampton Students Stand Up (4)
On April 17, over a dozen students marched from JFK to a De-ICE Citizens Bank rally on King St. One of the speeches follows. (Video is here.) Hi, my name is Luca. I am a fourth grader. You might know me from the previous JFK walk out. Citizens Bank has been funding ICE and somehow…
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“We Need To Step Up For Those Who Can’t”: Northampton Students Stand Up (3)
On April 17, over a dozen students marched from JFK to a De-ICE Citizens Bank rally on King St. One of the speeches follows. (Video is here.) Citizens Bank has been financing private prison companies such as Core Civic and the GEO Group who have been partnering with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as…
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“Without Immigrants, America Wouldn’t Be America. It Wouldn’t Be Whole”: Northampton Students Stand Up (2)
On April 17, over a dozen students marched from JFK to a De-ICE Citizens Bank rally on King St. One of the speeches follows. (Video is here.) America, a place full of dreams, opportunities, choices, diversity, all different people. But what are we doing to it now? Now it’s full of people getting pushed, forced,…
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“Choosing Compassion Over Fear”: Northampton Students Stand Up (1)
On April 17, over a dozen students marched from JFK to a De-ICE Citizens Bank rally on King St. One of the speeches follows. (Video is here.) “Love your neighbor as yourself”: most of us have heard this phrase before. It‘s simple and it sounds like common sense. Treat people with kindness. Look out for…
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“Moms for Liberty” and Book Banning
Over the summer, I have been encouraged to see our local independent bookstores display “banned books,” so I was heartened by the idea that the Northampton area chapter of the League of Women Voters will include a special banned books section in its annual book sale on Sept. 30 Although this corner of Massachusetts has…