Stories about "Justice and poverty"
Human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson to deliver 2018 Commencement address, joined by honorands Lynsey Addario, Jill Lepore, and Bob Ludwig
Tuesday, April 10, 2018 10:00 am
Stevenson's work has freed wrongfully convicted death-row prisoners, reduced excessive sentences given to others, and brought greater equality to the U.S. criminal justice system.
James Reese recalls the night of King’s assassination, and the 50 years since
Friday, April 6, 2018 11:00 am
Twelve years old in 1968, James Reese recalls the night he learned of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, and ponders unanswered questions of King's legacy.
Meet Ella Knowles, Class of 1884, Bates’ most dangerous alumna
Wednesday, March 21, 2018 2:34 pm
Meet Ella Knowles, Class of 1884 — a suffragist, trailblazing lawyer, and career boat-rocker whose life was a succession of singular female accomplishments.
Ian Erickson ’18 takes the first critical look at HIV/AIDs activism in 1980s rural Maine
Friday, March 9, 2018 11:22 am
In the beginning, “people in Maine, whether they were queer or not, viewed themselves as immune and separate from HIV/AIDS."
Meet six alumni from Bates history as Black History Month concludes
Friday, March 2, 2018 11:36 am
Meet African American alumni Henry Chandler, Stella James, Benjamin Mays, John Davis, William Worthy, and Peter Gomes.
Picture Story: MLK Day 2018
Friday, January 19, 2018 12:16 pm
Photographs by Phyllis Graber Jensen and Theophil Syslo of the Bates Communications Office portray moments from the college’s 2018 MLK Day observance.
Slideshow: From age 9 to 86, they explain how Bates took MLK Day ‘to another level’
Friday, January 19, 2018 10:06 am
Hear from people age 9 to 89 who attended the college's Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance and learn why it is "tremendously important within our community."
MLK Day 2018: Education is ‘the key to the kind of society we need’
Thursday, January 18, 2018 3:38 pm
In an era when enlightenment seems to be draining from U.S. society, Bates on MLK Day was a source of replenishment, choosing education its theme.
Food system innovation award goes to Bates team
Wednesday, December 6, 2017 2:03 pm
A group of Bates College students has won $2,500 for a project that will help salvage unharvested produce and direct it to hunger relief organizations.
Video: Statue of Benjamin Mays ’20, ‘prophet of freedom,’ unveiled
Thursday, November 9, 2017 3:29 pm
Bates was well-represented at the unveiling of the Dr. Benjamin E. Mays Statue in Greenwood, S.C., on Nov. 4.