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Good trouble: John Lewis and the urgency of today

Good trouble: John Lewis and the urgency of today

Julia Chaffers

We must carry on without John Lewis, but if we ever hope to make this nation’s promise true, we must carry his legacy within us: disrupt the status quo, follow your conscience with morality as your north star regardless of popular sentiment, and never give up the pursuit of what is right.

July 29

DISPATCH | Eight minutes and 46 seconds

Julia Chaffers

White Americans have participated in protests more than previous uprisings in response to police violence. In big cities and small towns across the nation, this movement has grown into perhaps the largest in U.S. history. Wellesley exemplifies this change.

July 16

This isn’t normal

This isn’t normal

Julia Chaffers

Columnist Julia Chaffers argues that we should not expect ourselves to meet normal expectations in our current reality.

April 27

Patterns in the pandemic: What racial data tells us and why we need more

Patterns in the pandemic: What racial data tells us and why we need more

Shannon Chaffers and Julia Chaffers

As we eventually negotiate the aftermath of this crisis, this data should be a moment of reckoning that motivates reparative and preventative measures to support the health of people of color, pandemic or not.

April 9

Politicizing People: American lives aren’t up for debate

Politicizing People: American lives aren’t up for debate

Julia Chaffers

Columnist Julia Chaffers argues that the current government response to coronavirus in the United States prioritizes profits over lives.

March 30

‘Stick to sports’ is getting old: A defense of Marshawn Lynch

Marshawn Lynch (left) celebrates the Super Bowl XLVIII victory alongside quarterback Russell Wilson (right).
Photo Credit: andrewtat94 / Flickr

‘Stick to sports’ is getting old: A defense of Marshawn Lynch

Julia Chaffers

The idea that athletes have nothing productive to add to our national conversation and that their intelligence begins and ends with their ability to run routes and read defenses shapes the way many people think about even our most dominant sports figures.

March 4

The Bloomberg problem

Photo Credit: Bloomberg Philanthropies/Wikimedia Commons

The Bloomberg problem

Julia Chaffers

It is difficult to hold someone accountable who is not beholden to anyone for funding. It is challenging to campaign against someone who can drown you out with an unending stream of advertising and the media coverage that accompanies it.

February 17

Silenced on the biggest stage

Photo Courtesy of Rogelio A. Galaviz C. / Flickr

Silenced on the biggest stage

Julia Chaffers

Columnist Julia Chaffers argues that the International Olympic Committee undermines its claim to values like equality by silencing athletes taking politically-motivated actions.

February 9

Enough is enough

Students gather to advocate for gun-control laws as part of a national walk out. 
Photo by Risa Gelles-Watnick

Enough is enough

Julia Chaffers

America is unlike any other country on the planet in terms of amount of firearms and frequency of gun violence. Continuing to do nothing enforces this pattern, and the cycle will continue.

December 4

There is no division between sports and politics

Daryl Morey, General Manager of the Houston Rockets
Photo Credit: Morbidthoughts via Wikimedia Commons

There is no division between sports and politics

Julia Chaffers

“Politics” is not some abstract term, some definable thing we can cordon off in one corner of society. “Politics” encompasses everything in our lives, and touches everything we do.

October 22

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Julia Chaffers

Good trouble: John Lewis and the urgency of today

Good trouble: John Lewis and the urgency of today

DISPATCH | Eight minutes and 46 seconds

DISPATCH | Eight minutes and 46 seconds

This isn’t normal

This isn’t normal

Patterns in the pandemic: What racial data tells us and why we need more

Patterns in the pandemic: What racial data tells us and why we need more

Politicizing People: American lives aren’t up for debate

Politicizing People: American lives aren’t up for debate

‘Stick to sports’ is getting old: A defense of Marshawn Lynch

‘Stick to sports’ is getting old: A defense of Marshawn Lynch

The Bloomberg problem

The Bloomberg problem

Silenced on the biggest stage

Silenced on the biggest stage

Enough is enough

Enough is enough

There is no division between sports and politics

There is no division between sports and politics

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