Stories about "News and politics"
Did closing New York City bathhouses in the 1980s strip dignity from gay men?
Friday, March 16, 2018 9:35 am
Professors Stephen Engel of Bates and Timothy Lyle of Iona argue that the closing of gay bathhouses during the 1980s HIV/AIDS crisis constituted a “dignity taking."
Q&A: Tim Dugan on Angels in America, 25 years after Broadway debut
Thursday, March 8, 2018 1:14 pm
Theater professor Tim Dugan felt that a Bates College production of Angels in America "would be embraced and celebrated." He was right.
Matt Dunlap: ‘Don’t call it fraud because you disagree with it’
Friday, March 2, 2018 12:47 pm
Maine's secretary of state talks to Bates politics professor John Baughman about why he joined the president's commission on voter fraud — and why he sued it.
Look What We Found: Leslie Hill’s prized document of protest by African American women
Wednesday, January 24, 2018 4:12 pm
Hill, a Bates politics professor, explains a historic act of protest during the infamous 1991 Clarence Thomas hearings — and what it means for her students today.
President Spencer op-ed: Tax bills ‘constrict access to education’
Friday, December 8, 2017 11:43 am
Spencer writes that Congress’ current efforts at tax reform represent a puzzling "assault on educational opportunity."
What’s in a Lewiston Name: Kennedy
Wednesday, November 29, 2017 4:37 pm
Then-candidate John F. Kennedy visited Lewiston in November 1960. Three years later, the city named its downtown park after the slain president.
Censorship of scientists is ramping up, but hostility is nothing new
Thursday, November 16, 2017 9:40 am
The attempt to silence scientists shows just how powerful knowledge is, says Associate Professor of History Joe Hall.
As Irma and Harvey closed in, Bates students felt close support
Thursday, September 14, 2017 4:37 pm
While not a direct hit, hurricanes Harvey and Irma still touched the lives of three Bates people.
Convocation 2017: ‘A time to take up our work with new resolve’
Thursday, September 7, 2017 1:13 pm
Bates College's 2017 Convocation gave three speakers the opportunity to offer three distinct perspectives on what “Bates community” means.
Q&A: Beating and unbeaten, famed artist Kate Gilmore ’97 is Bates-bound
Thursday, June 8, 2017 12:23 pm
This summer, visitors to the Bates College Museum of Art get to experience acclaimed artist Kate Gilmore's work up close and personal.