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Trailer for the film Stamped From the Beginning. Africana studies professor Kellie Carter Jackson joins other leading female academics and activists such as Dr. Angela Davis, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, and Brittany Packnett Cunningham to guide viewers through a searing account of how racist tropes and imagery were developed and enshrined in American culture.

Helena de Bres, professor of philosophy, was a guest on WNYC New York Public Radio's "All of It" podcast to discuss her new book: How to be Multiple: The Philosophy of Twins. 

Africana studies professor Selwyn Cudjoe wrote a review of Rebels at the Gate, a monograph on one of Trinidad and Tobagos' most powerful trade unions, The Oilfields Workers' Trade Union.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Antonia Marie De Meo (Wellesley '89) of the United States as Deputy Commissioner-General (Operational Support) of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

Karen Plaut, Purdue’s executive vice president for research, led a public discussion with President Paula Johnson. This event, Beyond X and Y: Gender Biology and Women’s Health," was part of the Leading the Way interview series run by the Purdue Women’s Global Health.

Michael and Denise Kellen '68 Associate Professor of Africana Studies, Kellie Carter Jackson, is interviewed in a segment on PBS NewsHour about Vice President Kamala Harris's historic tenure. Story begins at 40:15; Professor Carter Jackson's interview begins at 41:35.

A new book by Amy Yee (Wellesley '96) follows individuals who have fled Tibet, which has been controlled by China since 1951.

Jay Turner, professor of environmental studies, is mentioned in this commentary by California State Representative Devon Mathis of Tulare, Calif. "As Dr. Jay Turner from Wellesley College articulates in The New York Times, the dominance of China over the global supply of minerals needed presents a geopolitical problem. China announced establishing export controls for these vital minerals, putting the vulnerability of the United States and California’s clean energy ambitions in jeopardy of delays and additional costs."

"We are close to the end of the first quarter of the 21st century, and peace and tranquillity are nowhere in sight," writes Africana studies professor Selwyn Cudjoe in his article about the Isreal-Hamas war.