Mike Withey PO ’68 calls for us to reflect on our current state of the world and to recognize the responsibility that we ALL have. Withey specifically identifies Pomona as complicit in our current world crisis. Calling for Pomona to take responsibility under international law, Withey argues for an academic conference and divestment.
Tag: Amanda Hollis-Brusky
‘Deadlocked’: What do we do when the Supreme Court loses its legitimacy?
On Oct. 4, 5C students and faculty had the opportunity to view the final episode of “Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court,” which traces the court’s past, present and prospective future. “If it loses that, well then the question becomes, ‘Why obey?’”
After the screening of the final episode, “The Crisis of Legitimacy,” Hollis-Brusky and award-winning director and documentary filmmaker Dawn Porter participated in a discussion moderated by Pomona President G. Gabrielle Starr.
103 years of voter advocacy: League of Women Voters Club open to 5Cs
Pomona College now has a chapter working with the League of Women Voters (LWV), a nonpartisan grassroots organization focused on advocacy and voting rights. The chapter will be led by Amanda Hollis-Brusky, politics chair at Pomona College and vice president of the LWV of Mt. Baldy Area, and politics major
Pomona politics professor Omar Wasow leaving for UC Berkeley
Pomona College Assistant Professor of Politics Omar Wasow is leaving to teach at UC Berkeley in the fall, a move coming just a year after he joined the college as assistant professor in 2021.
Claremont Institute defends senior fellow who advised Trump on overturning election
The Claremont Institute published a statement on Oct. 11 defending senior fellow John Eastman, the lawyer who advised former President Donald Trump on overturning the 2020 election in Congress.
Former A.G. Eric Holder advocates for SCOTUS term limits, blasts Barr at Pomona talk
Obama-era attorney general Eric Holder discussed his advocacy for voting rights during Pomona’s third annual Payton Distinguished Lecture.