Afro-Latino students at UMD take pride in identities despite years of prejudices “I felt like I wasn’t accepted in both groups, so I was always sort of in the middle.” Clara Longo de Freitas October 23, 2020
Affirmative action is under attack from the Trump administration. Colleges must fight back. Affirmative action is imperfect, but it's the best tool we have right now. Laura Phillips-Alvarez October 22, 2020
Colleges’ land acknowledgments are only a token gesture Land acknowledgments don't do much — reparations to Indigenous people would. Caterina Ieronimo October 21, 2020
Most of UMD’s founders were slaveholders. The 1856 Project aims to confront that history. Collectively, UMD's first trustees held nearly 400 enslaved people. Anaya Truss-Williams October 19, 2020
UMD has the right idea with its Social Justice Alliance with Bowie State UMD needs more action on racism. Its Social Justice Alliance with Bowie State is promising. Allison Cochrane October 8, 2020
The dangers of a more patriotic education The 1776 Commission would set the social sciences and humanities back decades. Laura Phillips-Alvarez September 24, 2020
Leave the hot cheeto girls alone Digital brownface exists in many forms. Manuela López Restrepo September 17, 2020
“A lifelong battle”: UMD students join March on Washington following summer of protests Some were following in the footsteps of their grandparents, who participated in the 1963 march. Angela Roberts August 29, 2020
UMD students and alumni fight for anti-racist curricula, culture in area high schools They're fighting for change in Montgomery and Howard County schools. Diamondback Staff August 21, 2020
Anti-Semitism and racism go hand-in-hand. That’s why we need to fight both. To truly achieve equality, we have to fight all forms of discrimination. Maya Rosenberg July 13, 2020