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Trump's Visa Policy is Yet Another Attack on Immigrants of Color
The Trump administration's new immigration policy discriminates against low income immigrants of color who want to legally apply for a U.S. visa. -
A Reminder of the Whitewashing of the Civil Rights Movement
Conventional education of civil rights history is flawed in its simplification of key issues, as well as its utopic image as the end of institutional racism. -
Dear Class of 2023
The Gavel's Editor-in-Chief, Ellen Gerst, shares what she wishes she had known before entering Boston College with the incoming Class of 2023. -
It's Time for the Medical Field to Do Some Healing of Its Own
Dr. Damon Tweedy, M.D., discussed his experiences with racism in the medical field during his lecture, "Black Man in a White Coat." -
Trump and the White (Supremacy) House
Trump's refusal to condemn white supremacy or offer his support for Muslims around the world is unacceptable in the wake of the Christchurch massacre. -
We Need to Talk About Racial Bias in School Discipline
The arrest of an 11-year-old who refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance in school has further highlighted the systemic racism of today extending into disciplinary actions of academic ... -
Sounding Off
To some, a mere sentence of Chinese spoken privately is not perfectly acceptable social behavior protected by the first amendment at all, but amounts to trampling the American flag. To ... -
LTE: For Here, All Are One
Taylor Giuffre-Catalano, MCAS '22, writes a poem in response to this weekend's racist, anti-black vandalism.
