Category: Opinion

Perhaps the greatest strength of the Amherst school system is its record of encouraging the development of its students into precocious, politically-aware young people, strong in their convictions and uncompromising in their search for...

Theodore Melfi’s Hidden Figures is an inspiring movie, reconstructing the true story of Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer), and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe), three black female mathematicians who were employed...

I would like to start by saying that everyone should see Get Out at least once. Not because it’s scary and entertaining, but for the fact that it has a very important message embedded...

The most recent iteration of the Kong franchise is a very difficult movie to review.   Kong: Skull Island opens with monster-hunter Bill Randa (John Goodman) securing a government contract to journey to Skull...

Five year-old Saroo (Sunny Pawar) and older brother Guddu (Abhishek Bharate) face devastating poverty in rural India in 1986. At the mercy of whatever work travels their way, they leave their loving mother, who...

Imagine waking up one morning and finding your whole town in shambles. You are afraid to walk on the streets because of the fear of being bombed. That’s what life is like right now...

Columbine, 1999. Virginia Tech, 2007.  Sandy Hook, 2012. San Bernardino, 2015. Pulse Nightclub, 2016. These tragic incidents share one thing in common: they could’ve been prevented by stricter gun control laws. Guns have become...

In the summer of 2015, I was a camp counselor and at evening Vespers, I heard a poem by a counselor that changed my life. The author explained how society measures manhood by  “pec...

After centuries of struggle, American women are finally gaining some traction. Not so long ago, voting, owning property, holding office, and serving in the military were just a few of the rights they were...

The 2016 presidential election was as historical for this country as it was shocking and, as many would say, disappointing. Republican President Donald Trump has been widely criticized and mocked for his bold words,...