In Solidarity with the Diaspora Coalition of Sarah Lawrence College

We the Bard College Community, Stand firmly in Solidarity with the Diaspora Coalition of Sarah Lawrence College and the student body in their efforts to decolonize their institution and demand the treatment they so clearly deserve. We, as one of their many liberal sibling predominantly white institutions, share in the sins perpetrated by spaces of […]

Beautiful Boy: Resilience from a National Epidemic

Written by Blair Peppe Beautiful Boy is a movie about a teenage boy, Nic Sheff (Timothée Chalamet) and his relationship with his family and father David Sheff (Steve Carell). When Nic becomes addicted to meth, the detrimental effects of his addiction threaten to destroy him and the actor, artist, and writer he once was. His […]

A Letter to Those Responsible

Written by Najwa Jamal This is a letter to myself, and more importantly, to whoever is listening. Horror. Panic. Anxiety. Will I live to see my children grow up in a world consumed by climate-caused destitution? A world full of poverty, food shortages, environmental decimation, a complete and utter obliteration of all things as we […]

Assessing Mental Health Under The Threat Climate Change

Written by Maeve McKaig Although humans have been aware of the threat of climate change for decades, it seems as though the immediate need for action is just now sinking in with the recent publishing of the United Nations report and the U.S. National Climate Assessment. Unfortunately, it is alarmingly too little, too late. Scientists […]

Indian Point – A Symbol of Nuclear Energy in America

Written by Blair Peppe Governor Cuomo has reached an agreement with Entergy (the company that owns the Indian Point nuclear power plant) to shut down operations by April 2021. The Indian Point nuclear power plant is in a sensitive area: 30 miles from Midtown in New york City, 65 miles from the Hudson Valley, and […]

14th: Amendments, Immigration, and Birthright

Written by Maria B. Bernedo Ever since his election, President Trump has not stopped when it comes to designing new ways to put the freedoms of Americans under attack. After withdrawing the United States from the United Nations Human Rights Council and retiring the US from the Paris Climate Accord, Trump’s latest destructive proposal comes […]

Activist Spotlight: Harry Johnson and Dariel Vasquez

Written by Najwa Jamal “Yeah, we gonna figure this out! ‘Cause we had no idea what we were gonna do.” It was this go-getter mentality and aspiration that has helped shape what Brothers at Bard (BAB) is today. Harry Johnson ’17 and Dariel Vasquez ’17, the founders of BAB, began from humble beginnings as two […]