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Thomas Brodey '22

Seeing Double: A Legitimate Political Party

The GOP: Increasingly Illegitimate Cole Graber-Mitchell ’22 When Harvard Professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt searched through history to distinguish failed democracies from those like the United States, they found a crucial factor that prevented backsliding: strong political norms. Their book, “How Democracies Die,” starts with the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans,

Seeing Double: How History Can Make You Better

Out of Amherst College’s 40 majors, a major in history can sometimes seem an old-fashioned, somewhat out-of-touch field. Between 2008 and 2017, the number of history degrees given to graduates in the United States dropped 30 percent, the most of any significant field, according to the National Center for

Seeing Double: How History Can Make You Better

Out of Amherst College’s 40 majors, a major in history can sometimes seem an old-fashioned, somewhat out-of-touch field. Between 2008 and 2017, the number of history degrees given to graduates in the United States dropped 30 percent, the most of any significant field, according to the National Center for

Seeing Double: Amherst’s $2.4 Billion Question

Seeing Double: Amherst’s $2.4 Billion Question

While Amherst students have spent the last few years studying, learning and debating which mascot should go on the mugs at AJ Hastings, the college’s endowment has been quietly exploding. In 1998, Amherst’s endowment stood at $528 million. In the following decade, the college doubled this hardly insubstantial

Rethinking Mental Health in Politics

As President Donald Trump’s administration becomes increasingly entangled with lawsuits, his mental health has become a popular topic of conversation among his opponents. George Conway, the husband of Trump’s former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, describes Trump as having narcissistic personality disorder. John Kelly, former white house chief of

Seeing Double: Amherst’s $2.4 Billion Question

Seeing Double: Amherst’s $2.4 Billion Question

While Amherst students have spent the last few years studying, learning and debating which mascot should go on the mugs at AJ Hastings, the college’s endowment has been quietly exploding. In 1998, Amherst’s endowment stood at $528 million. In the following decade, the college doubled this hardly insubstantial

Rethinking Mental Health in Politics

As President Donald Trump’s administration becomes increasingly entangled with lawsuits, his mental health has become a popular topic of conversation among his opponents. George Conway, the husband of Trump’s former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, describes Trump as having narcissistic personality disorder. John Kelly, former white house chief of