Stories about "News and politics"
![Mural on the wall of row houses in Philadelphia. The artist is Parris Stancell, sponsored by the Freedom School Mural Arts Program.Left to right; Malcolm Shabazz (Malcolm X), Ella Baker, Martin Luther King, Frederick Douglass.The quote above the pictures,"We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest", is from Ella Baker, a founder of SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee), a civil rights group. which amongst other contributions, helped to coordinate "Freedom Rides"in the early 1960's.Tony Fischer [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](https://www.bates.edu/news/files/2019/01/feature-crop-Mural_Malcolm_X_-_Ella_Baker_-_Martin_Luther_King_-_Frederick_Douglass-1-400x267.jpg)
Grassroots activism: 6 insights from MLK Day speaker Barbara Ransby
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 2:35 pm
Michael Sargent, an associate professor of psychology and a podcaster, interviews Ransby ahead of her Jan. 21 keynote address.
Bates in the News: Dec. 14, 2018
Thursday, December 13, 2018 3:10 pm
An alumna discovers her great-grandfather's art, an economics professor recreates Maine election results, and Ed Muskie's people recall his 1968 campaign.
8 reasons why Edmund Muskie ’36 was an amazing political candidate in 1968
Wednesday, December 5, 2018 3:37 pm
Fifty years ago, Edmund Muskie '36 ran one of the “exemplary national campaigns of modern times.”
Bates in the News: Nov. 16, 2018
Friday, November 16, 2018 10:14 am
Two alumni — one Democrat, one Republican — get elected to Congress, two more are quoted in a major National Geographic feature, and another coaches his 300th winning football game.
Bates politics professors offer a post-election brief on immigration, gender, and the rural-urban divide
Friday, November 9, 2018 12:11 pm
Democrats are able to debate issues like healthcare on their terms, while conversations about immigration have moved to the right, say Bates politics professors.
On Election Day, students help each other get out the vote
Friday, November 9, 2018 11:08 am
“We want to make sure there’s no way a student goes through their day at Bates today not knowing that it’s Election Day.”
Want some insight into the 2018 midterms? Look through the lens of gender.
Friday, November 2, 2018 3:05 pm
Associate Professor of Politics Leslie Hill on the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, the politics of gender in the midterm elections, and a class project on voter engagement
How Gabby Rivera is revolutionizing pop-lit’s depiction of the comic-book hero
Friday, October 12, 2018 9:09 am
Speaking to a Bates audience, Rivera, who is the author of Marvel’s first queer Latinx superhero, says that being soft can redefine what it means to be a hero.
Bates in the News: Oct. 12, 2018
Friday, October 12, 2018 8:55 am
NBC takes to the air with a Bates student pilot, and two alumni connect on a story about football concussions, thanks to a Reunion connection.
At father’s alma mater, ‘Real American’ author discusses growing up black and biracial
Friday, September 21, 2018 8:46 am
Julie Lythcott-Haims, author of the 2018 Common Reading and daughter of George Lythcott '39, returned to campus to share her father's story, her story, and the "catharsis" that allowed her to finally love herself.