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May 5, 2023
Menlo-Atherton High School students led a protest in response to an incident last Friday in which the Atherton police arrested a Black high school student.
Feb. 20, 2024
Zadie Smith's pandemic essay collection "Intimations" is still as thought-provoking as it was in 2020, Burtner writes.
By Cate Burtner
Oct. 21, 2022
The Rock Center for Corporate Governance sponsored a discussion on the Role of Faith in Business in Silicon Valley, addressing issues of religion in a time of political and cultural polarization.
Nov. 10, 2020
Black Lives Matter co-founder Opal Tometi championed divesting tax-payer dollars from policing and investing in Black communities at a Friday event.
Nov. 15, 2020
The task of criticizing Black Lives Matter (BLM) is immediately complicated by a deceptively simple question: What is BLM? A slogan, a movement, an ideology, an organization? The answer seems to change depending on who’s asking.
Aug. 5, 2020
Cotton, who is vocal about his opposition to the Black Lives Matter movement, called some Black Lives Matter protestors “rioters” and “looters,” and argued that by allowing these protests during COVID-19 restrictions, state and local governments are “turning their backs on the lives and property of their citizens.”
By Shoaib Jamil
Nov. 3, 2022
The author, lawyer, and Palo Alto City Council candidate spoke with The Daily about her life, career, and campaign.
May 17, 2022
Hope Nakamura argues that Stanford must better support the university's Asian American Studies program. "I am a lawyer working in the field of poverty law. Understanding the history of discrimination and racist policies aimed at different racial and ethnic minority communities over decades is critical to determining how policies and laws need to change, if we are to address the growing disparities between the rich and poor in our country," Nakamura writes.
Jan. 6, 2021
Many Black students say they are frustrated and disappointed by the lack of police intervention that followed Trump supporters’ armed insurrection of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. And while they are frustrated by the contrast between the present moment and the police-incited violence and intimidation of peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters, students say they are not surprised.
Sept. 30, 2021
The first edition of the Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Fair sought to showcase social justice collections and initiatives that have developed within the University’s libraries.
Sept. 18, 2022
Ananya Karthik argues that we must approach issues of sexual violence with an intersectional lens. "Adopting a one-size-fits-all vision of the #MeToo movement risks silencing the same people who have always been silenced, dehumanizing the same people that have always been dehumanized," Karthik writes.
April 5, 2022
When their plane got delayed coming back from the Bermuda Music Festival, the Stanford Philharmonia made the best of it and gave their fellow passengers a performance to remember.
By Yastika Guru
Aug. 30, 2020
In the wake of the horrific killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, the Black Lives Matter movement has gained national support and protests have taken place across the country in unprecedented sizes. These calls for structural change and racial equality have all come amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has disproportionately affected the Black community. As two Asian American high school students, we want to help our community better understand the Black Lives Matter movement, and how to be allies to it. This article is the third part in a series about books and articles, TV shows and movies, and music related to the Black Lives Matter movement.
By Karen Mai and Leanna Sun
Aug. 25, 2020
In the wake of the horrific killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, the Black Lives Matter movement has gained national support and protests have taken place across the country in unprecedented sizes. These calls for structural change and racial equality have all come amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has disproportionately affected the Black community. As two Asian American high school students, we want to help our community better understand the Black Lives Matter movement, and how to be allies to it. This article is the second part in a series about books and articles, TV shows and movies, and music related to the Black Lives Matter movement.
By Karen Mai and Leanna Sun
Aug. 21, 2020
In the wake of the horrific killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, the Black Lives Matter movement has gained national support and protests have taken place across the country in unprecedented sizes. These calls for structural change and racial equality have all come amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has disproportionately affected the Black community. As two Asian American high school students, we want to help our community better understand the Black Lives Matter movement, and how to be allies to it. This article is the first part in a series about books and articles, TV shows and movies, and music related to the Black Lives Matter movement.
By Karen Mai and Leanna Sun
Aug. 30, 2020
Against the backdrop of the Black Lives Matter movement and as the reality of being a person of color in this country comes to light, many agree on the need for diverse narratives in school curricula.
By Joelle Chien
Aug. 5, 2020
Many Asian Americans know relatives who traveled to this country with few means and a tenuous grasp of English, who worked their hardest to secure a better life for their families. Many of us believe—as I did—that if these immigrants could succeed, so can everyone else. With these experiences in mind, it’s easy to respond to protests by arguing that time and effort in the classroom or workplace, not marches in the streets, should be the response to racism.
May 24, 2021
Before I had a word for it, I knew what necropolitics meant. Every day, marginalized people worry that when the water starts leaking, politicians will decide that we’re disposable.
June 6, 2020
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