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Scrutinize Nobel Peace Prize candidate vetting process

by Jessica Goldstein | 10/27/2015

And the results are in! For the 2015 year, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been declared the winner of China’s Confucius Peace Prize for the Founding Leader as “he brought benefit to the people of Zimbabwe.” This benefit so frequently manifests itself in the presence of mass atrocities and election violence, but maybe for a moment let’s put that aside to reevaluate how we got here.  The prize was first awarded in 2010 in response to the Nobel Committee’s choice to give the Nobel Prize to Liu Xiaobo, a Chinese dissident who spent 11 years in prison.

Reader Commentary

  | 10/27/2015

Brandeis Climate Justice is a campus organization of undergraduate and graduate students. The group is committed to decarbonizing the economy, mitigating the worst consequences of climate disruption and assisting those most affected by our changing atmosphere and oceans.

Condemn discriminatory Alabama voting measures

by Amber Miles | 10/20/2015

At the end of September, Alabama announced it would close 31 part-time driver’s license offices as a result of the $11 million cut in the General Fund Budget appropriation to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, according to a Sept.

Reader Commentary

  | 10/20/2015

As the chair of the Brandeis Department of Anthropology, I am delighted to report that 100 percent of the anthropology department’s tenured and tenure-track faculty have signed the Brandeis Faculty Forward petition in support of a vote among faculty outside the tenure track for a union.

Reader commentary

  | 10/20/2015

In response to your article “Commuters denied access to dorms (Oct.13), the following is an open letter sent to DCL: Hello, I would like to complain about the policy that doesn’t allow people living off campus to swipe into the residence halls.

Views on the News: Democratic Debate

  | 10/20/2015

Last Tuesday, CNN hosted the first 2016 Democratic debate featuring candidates Hilary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Martin O’Malley, Jim Webb and Lincoln Chafee.

Condemn discriminatory Alabama voting measures

by Amber Miles | 10/20/2015

At the end of September, Alabama announced it would close 31 part-time driver’s license offices as a result of the $11 million cut in the General Fund Budget appropriation to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, according to a Sept.

Views on the News: Kunduz attack

  | 10/13/2015

Last Tuesday, the U.S. military took responsibility for airstrikes on an Afghan hospital, run by Doctors Without Borders, in the city of Kunduz.

Criticize harmful media bias in Israel reporting

by Dor Cohen | 10/13/2015

Over the past two weeks, there has been a colossal wave of terrorist attacks in Israel. In Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and virtually all parts of Israel, there have been over 150 terror attacks, including stabbings, shootings, stones thrown, vehicular rammings and suicide bombings, according to an Oct.

Reader Commentary

  | 10/13/2015

In response to your editorial (Sept. 8), “Inform Students of Unionization Plans:”Justice editors rightfully called attention to an important organizing effort underway among our faculty at Brandeis.

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