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.
Colleges’ land acknowledgments are only a token gesture
Land acknowledgments don't do much — reparations to Indigenous people would.
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.
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.
The dangers of a more patriotic education
The 1776 Commission would set the social sciences and humanities back decades.
“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.
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.
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.
UMD must continue to address inequalities in mental health services
UMD should expand its mental health resources for marginalized communities.