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From the Archives: Reevaluating the racial justice of the Hesburgh administration

Evan McKenna, Jim Moster, Sarah Kikel and Adriana Perez | Monday, August 31, 2020

As the American civil rights movement enters periods of resurgence, Notre Dame often enters — and exits — the conversation by invoking a familiar image: former University President Fr. Theodore Hesburgh, hands interlocked with civil rights champion Martin Luther King Jr. at a 1964 rally. For many, the legacy of Fr. Hesburgh is inextricably linked

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A petition for petitions

BridgeND | Wednesday, August 26, 2020

In 2020, petitions seem to have become a regular part of life. This past summer, everything from large-scale social movements to small calls-to-action have increased public knowledge about critical issues. Individuals began speaking out on topics from the coronavirus to voter participation to Black Lives Matter to Notre Dame’s administrative policies. Social media became a

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Student government calls on campus community to fight racial inequalities

Observer Staff Report | Monday, June 1, 2020

Members of Notre Dame’s student government urged the campus community to do their part in combating racial inequalities in light of the recent murder of George Floyd in a statement released Monday. The statement cites the University’s mission statement to encourage students to take action. “Over the course of our Notre Dame education, these core

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Activist delivers lecture on world inequalities

Serena Zacharias | Thursday, March 7, 2019

As Ben Phillips, co-founder of the Fight Inequality Alliance and a Hewlett Fellow of Public Policy at the Kellogg Institute, listened to Nelson Mandela speak at a rally in South Africa just four years after apartheid ended, Phillips said he realized two things. “The first was that I was in the presence of a hero,

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White robes and black

Raymond Ramirez | Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Confessions extracted under duress or torture are inherently suspect. Perhaps the best summary of the evils of torture and confession-based convictions was the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Chambers v. Florida, announced on Lincoln’s Birthday in 1940. Following a lurid show trial, Florida convicted four African-American tenant farmers of murder, based on confessions extracted after