UMD’s efforts to recognize Indigenous people fall short
The university cannot promote diversity to its non-Indigenous community on campus without actively supporting the Piscataway tribe of the past, present and future.
Perfect attendance is a toxic policy for students
Encouraging kids to go to school is an undeniably good thing, but encouraging them to do it at the cost of themselves is horrific.
UMD can’t expect students to adhere to its confusing COVID-19 safety protocols
Without clarity and support, UMD's COVID-19 safety protocols come at great cost to students
Food is an enormous vessel for culture. Its colonization robs it of its meaning.
Capitalistic commodification takes the culture out of cultural foods.
The University System of Maryland should include students in the fight for $15
Raising the minimum wage for union workers is a good start, but it can't stop there.
To form a more equitable economy, exploitive independent contracting must end
As consumers, workers and voters, we need to recognize the validity and struggles of misclassified independent contractors.
Across the political spectrum, our laws are too focused on punishment
Empathy must be a guiding principle in all lawmaking.
Conservatorships do more harm than good. It’s time to change that.
It’s time to change the laws surrounding conservatorships so that everyone has their rights protected.
From the newsroom: Statement on Thursday’s correction
The Diamondback apologizes for misidentifying SGA Speaker Meghana Kotraiah as Madhulika Nallani.
UMD fans have high expectations for men’s basketball. Turgeon couldn’t live up to them.
Mark Turgeon was a good head coach. But it’s time for a new era of UMD men’s basketball.