(IN)Justice Articles

Unity Through Food

Unity Through Food

Dear Dartmouth, 

Everyone knows that food brings people together. That’s why so many of our cultural, religious, and commemorative holidays and festivals center around feasts. As a human race, we’ve imbued food with the power to evoke and create memories, to channel and magnify emotions…

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El Reino De Los Sueños

El Reino De Los Sueños

¿Será mejor morir sobre una espalda que sufrir desde una jaula?

Hoy me quedo inseguro.

¿Como explicarle a un niño que después de tantas promesas llenas de oro y de sentido

que el hombre que lo detiene preso tiene su mismo apellido?

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Peaceful Places

Peaceful Places

Dear Dartmouth,

In this hectic moment of history, I urge you to pause. As I look to nature for relief from the countless issues I see on the news, in my personal life, or outside of my safe spaces, I challenge you to find the places that make you feel at peace as well.

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A Blue Dividing Line

A Blue Dividing Line

Dear Dartmouth,

Seven and a half miles north of my house, the St. Joseph River flows placid into sparkling Lake Michigan. The river spills its brown entrails into the otherwise blue, surprisingly Caribbean presence of the second largest Great Lake (by volume). The beaches which line each side of the river are windswept and ideal…

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A Fraction of the Fight

A Fraction of the Fight

Dear Dartmouth,

Since even before George Floyd’s murder on May 25, 2020, countless protesters have gathered in the streets of major cities and communities all across the country. These photographs, taken in Washington D.C. and Bethesda, Maryland, represent only a…

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Otis Redding: A Dream to Remember

Otis Redding: A Dream to Remember

Dear Dartmouth,

Stage presence, engaging lyrics, interesting melodies, and an interesting, exceptional voice. As a singer and songwriter, Otis Redding practically had it all. He was just one quality short of rocketing to fame: he wasn’t white in the Jim Crow south…

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Land of the Free?

Land of the Free?

If ever I die at the hands of desperate man I beg you, please, do not mourn me with a grudge or denounce him in the face of a judge

Inquire not about the color of his skin; inquire instead of the status of his kin…

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