Virginia abolishing the death penalty is a step in the right direction
Virginia is home to the former capital of the Confederacy. Its progress in capital punishment abolition bodes well for the South.
Stop stanning politicians
Politics has to be about policy, not personality, and focusing on individual politicians only hurts us all.
We must all stand up and demand UMD cancel its contract with ICE
UMD should terminate its ICE contract for the sake of both undocumented and documented students.
It takes all of us to fight racial violence against Asian Americans
Violence against Asian Americans is getting worse during the pandemic. Where do we go from here?
Prince George’s County leaders must assist Brandywine’s fight against environmental racism
The Brandywine area has more fossil-fuel capacity than 99.9 percent of the country.
Four-year colleges aren’t everything. Take it from trade schools.
We need to accept and fund trade schools as a legitimate form of higher education.
UMD needs dedicated sexual misconduct investigators
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Billionaires’ philanthropy can’t solve the student debt crisis
Don’t let philanthropists’ donations to colleges distract you from government underfunding of public education.
The Maryland General Assembly’s tax on Big Tech is necessary but overdue
We all hate Big Tech. The Maryland General Assembly’s finally doing something about it.
HB 486 offers common-sense solutions for workers. It’s not surprising UMD opposes it.
Why won't UMD back basic support for workers?