Earlier this year, Bowdoin College announced a plan to adopt a new distribution requirement to its core curriculum. Difference, Power, and Inequity—or DPI for short—will replace the former Exploring Social Differences (ESD) label and marks courses meant to help all Bowdoin students “shift from awareness to active antiracist practices,” according to Jennifer Scanlon, Senior Vice […]
Politics
Why Vote in Maine? Your Vote Will Always Matter
The gravity of the 2020 election and the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic make the experience of being a first time voter even more daunting this year. After years of bitter campaigning and a seemingly interminable election cycle, the election comes down to its final and determining day: November 3rd. Americans have had weeks in some cases […]
Militarized Nationalism and the New Egyptian State
On September 23, 2013, the previously unheard of Cairo Court of Urgent Affairs passed a ruling that authorized the regime to seize the funds of the Muslim Brotherhood and effectively criminalized the group’s activities. Although it is still unclear whether the current military-backed regime can muster enough authority to enforce this ruling on its turbulent […]
Europe’s Last Dictator
From the archives: Mac Routh ’12 reflects on protests against Belarusian dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka in 2012. “They are part of our people, though it’s sad that today we have such youth.” These are Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s thoughts on his country’s youthful protestors. The innovative protests in Minsk, where a simple clap of one’s hands […]