Women and Leadership Conference

THE INEQUITIES IN THE HOME CARE SYSTEM AND HOW WE CAN HELP CCE: Tema Summerfield The Women and Leadership class gathered at Blithewood on Friday afternoon to engage in a progressive conversation about the realities of being a homecare worker in today’s day, and how their contributions impact the communities around us. The conference was […]

Student Spotlight: Khadija Ghanizada

“I just randomly wake up, and I’m like: I don’t like this. And I’m going to do something about it. And I just do it.” Khadija Ghanizada, a third year EUS major, has spent much of her time at Bard advocating for what she believes in. Through Bard EATS and her own projects, she has […]

Andrew Cuomo’s Aftermath

NY Governor Andrew Cuomo has been caught in a storm of his own making. Following his meteoric rise in popularity over the first few months of the Covid-19 pandemic, when many people felt as though he was the only leader who was actually acknowledging the pandemic’s dangers, Cuomo’s downfall began over an equally short amount […]

The Inaccessibility of the Covid-19 Vaccine

Across the country, eligibility for the Covid-19 vaccine has been expanded to include almost everyone above the age of 16. It’s an easy headline to digest, and it makes us feel good about our country’s vaccine rollout. But headlines like these make it easier to forget that not everyone has gained access to vaccines. Who […]

Our Communities Need More than Grocery Store Donation Bins: Achieving Food Security in the Hudson Valley

Melina Roise Edited by Najwa Jamal Op-Ed Dropping a can of soup into a grocery store donation bin. Giving a few dollars to a food pantry each holiday season. Hunger seems to be an inevitable part of society, one that can be minimized by everyone doing their part. Charity has led many to believe that […]

Earth Day 2021: Addressing Climate Change Nationally And Locally

Use Earth Day 2021 to consider how climate change is being addressed and how we can do more, from the Biden administration’s climate action plan to local education and outreach efforts. President Biden’s recently proposed 2 trillion dollar infrastructure plan that outlines how the administration hopes to use federal spending and large-scale investment in infrastructure […]

Board of Election Battle: And so it continues…

Triumph prevailed, or so it seemed, last semester when the Bard College Multipurpose Room (MPR) was granted an on-campus polling location. The then-newly and temporarily appointed polling site was announced days before the 2020 United States presidential election on November 3, 2020. Decades worth of research, persistence, and advocacy on behalf of student and disabled […]

Housing Justice: After a Year of Covid, Where Are We Now?

A recent statistic shows that New York State renters owe more than $1 billion in unpaid rent. It’s no secret that 2020 was a difficult year for monthly rent payments, with rising unemployment and medical costs associated with it. It’s also no secret that housing continues to be a dire issue in the United States […]

Next steps? Kingston, NY’s journey to police reform.

It can be easy to think of New York as a Utopia, with agricultural, industrial, and artistic opportunities liveing side by side. But it’s not. Issues of racially motivated police brutality have deeply impacted New York. However, like most politicians, Governor Andrew Cuomo seemed to only realize this last year when he issued Executive Order […]

Kingston’s Fourth Annual Black History Month

February marked the beginning of this year’s Black History Month, a more important one for this country than ever before. The month’s short time span, and the Hudson Valley’s close calls with increasing COVID-19 cases, have not stopped Kingston, New York. And so, the third annual Black History Month Kingston (BHMK) festivities safely kicked off […]

How To Expect The Unexpected: Jacob Testa’s First Year On The Red Hook Town Board

“Coming into office and then 2 months later we hit a recession and a pandemic, it’s like, the perfect time, right?” Like everyone else in the world, Jacob Testa’s 2020 did not go as planned. After being elected to the Red Hook Town Board in November 2019, Testa began to prepare for his first experience […]

Biden’s Cabinet Nominees: Uniting or Dividing?

President Elect Joe Biden has stated that one of his major goals as president is to reunite our divided nation. However, our citizens are waking up to the fact that the root of our country’s problems run deeper than who is president. Our country is facing a division that reveals the core differences between our […]

Housing Inequality in the Time of Covid

The impact of Covid on the United States has been incredibly devastating. Its effects have not only brought new problems to the surface, but they also have increased existing issues in exponential proportions. One of these existing issues is that of Housing Inequality, which has disproportionately impacted many Americans since the early 1900s. Some of […]

Campus Silence is Violence: BIPOC Student Activism in Times of Unrest

We’ve just witnessed the election of America’s first female, Black and Asian American Vice President. Yet, this country finds itself arguably the most divided it has been in decades. Following the national summer of racial uprisings that sprung up in reaction to George Floyd’s unlawful murder, we as a nation (and as a campus community) […]