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Economics professor Phillip Levine reflects on what Trump means for college budgets: decreased federal funding and fewer international students could cause belt-tightening.

Jocelyn Benson ’99, Michigan’s Secretary of State, is running for governor. Benson, a Democrat, jumped into a high-profile and potentially crowded race to lead one of the top battleground states.

More than 150 people gathered at the annual World of Wellesley MLK Day lunch, where Africana studies professor Kellie Carter Jackson spoke on Black resistance and attendees discussed related topics.

Keynote speaker Kellie Carter Jackson: “I contend that the opposite of violence is not nonviolence, the opposite of violence is the fullness of Black humanity bound together with joy.”

“The price of batteries and renewable generation has fallen so much that batteries and solar and wind, when put together, are so cost-competitive,” says environmental studies professor Jay Turner.

Although salsa achieved commercial success in the 70s, it was “in many ways comparable to how people thought of reggaeton when it first began,” says professor Petra Rivera-Rideau.

American studies professor Petra Rivera-Rideau writes that Bad Bunny’s new album is more than a love letter to Puerto Rico: it’s “a rallying cry to address the myriad crises facing [his] homeland.”

Alum artists share their talents with the Boston public

Economics professor Phillip Levine on how Trump could devastate our top colleges' finances: “A 35-percent endowment tax would hurt students—and society.”