Kate Grosmaire has reached out to people involved with prison reform for the Black community, a group disproportionately impacted by our penal system. “They understand that what happened to Conor could not happen to one of them – yet. But they tell us, ‘because the legal system did this...
AI has been part of computer science for a number of decades, with the goal of having computers mimic human intelligence in performing complex tasks. AI utilizes approaches from several different computational subfields in computer science depending on the intended use or task performed. NLP is a ...
On the 20th anniversary ofStrippedthis October, Aguilera shared a new video for "Beautiful" — a "2022 version," which touched on the ways technology has infiltrated society, particularly how it has affected younger generations. At the heart, many of the ...
racial-justice protests have energized businesses — and society —to acknowledge and address systemic inequities that have long impacted the Black community. For Black business owners, maintaining a business through the community upheaval and the quarantine ...
My son’s moment at the Merit offices early on in our relationship has impacted me. As the financial planning industry seeks to hire next-generation and diverse talent, we must take a comprehensive approach to finding those candidates. I think of the questions we don’t ask during the interv...
The resources that you pick should align in some way to the issue you discussed. For instance, if the topic you want ot address is the Black Lives Matter movement, it would be a good idea to say something like, “The Comparative Social Movements class will help me understand the tactics ...
country’s most essential stories are hidden in plain view—whether in places we might drive by on our way to work, holidays such as Juneteenth, or entire neighborhoods like downtown Manhattan, where the brutal history of the trade in enslaved men, women, and children has been deeply ...
Ifgood kid,m.A.A.dcitywas a storm,To Pimp a Butterflywas a tsunami. Kendrick Lamar’s third studio album was a critical and cultural phenomenon, and a political one as well, as Black Lives Matter protests across the country began usingthe record’s "Alright" as ...
The grief space, like most things in our society, has long been dominated by white voices. Marisa Renee Lee is doing her part to change that. In her new book “Grief is Love,” Marisa explores what makes Black grief unique through the lens of her own personal experiences with loss. She...
“Participating in the Black Lives Matter movement has underscored my desire to explore the neural circuitry behind racism. As a psychology major, I plan to pursue this topic within UMass Amherst’s Psychology of Peace and Violence Program, by working with Professor Ervin Staub on developing ...