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In her book “We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance,” Africana studies professor Kellie Carter Jackson opens every chapter with a story from her family, starting with an incident in 1915.

His Dante-inspired fellowship project weaves together salsa, Venezuelan folk music, and contemporary opera

The Lulu Chow Wang ’66 Center for Career Education connects students and graduates through its new Alum-in-Residence program

Sari Pekkala Kerr, senior research scientist at the Wellesley Centers for Women, says it’s impossible to know the impact of a $30 minimum wage because it has never increased by that much.

Frida Kahlo’s work might be too costly for Mexico’s government, James Oles, who studies Mexican art, told the Times: “Should they spend money on one Frida? Or should they spend money on repairing museums?”

Linda Charmaraman, senior research scientist at Wellesley Centers for Women who specializes in the effects of social media among teens, says on average U.S. kids get a smartphone at around age 10.

Linda Charmaraman, director of the Youth, Media & Wellbeing research lab, runs digital media workshops for teens. “Some of these teens,” she notes, “can teach the adults a thing or two about AI.”

Economist Sari Pekkala Kerr notes that while some states and cities have raised their minimum wages, the federal minimum wage, last raised 16 years ago, still acts as the floor in 20 states.

Recently about 100 Babson, Wellesley, and Olin students and faculty gathered to protest the Trump administration’s deportation policies.