“When young people disengage from politics, it is seldom about apathy. It is more often driven by the quiet conviction that their concerns are being swept aside. Offering students roles in these conversations, as questioners and organizers and citizens, is one of the most direct ways to counter that drift.”
Gabrielle Starr, Pomona College president, on why colleges must bring political debates back to campuses. Southern California News Group (Press Enterprise)
“Unfortunately, the costs of this fleeting spectral wonder are high, borne by negative consequences for our environment and our health.”
Char Miller, W.M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis and History, arguing the case against fireworks, in Time magazine.
“It’s not only that Gen Z has lost faith in Big Tech. In the face of galloping economic inequality and democratic backsliding, many now view tech titans as greed-fueled latter-day barons of capitalism.”
Mark Andrejevic, professor of media studies, on why college students are right to turn against the tech elites, in The Hechinger Report.