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EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

The Death of Tony Robinson Continues to Impact Community, Highlight Racial Disparities

March 11, 2016

by Amanda Zhang One year ago, liberal Madison experienced a brutal awakening that brought to light many of the racial issues that affect communities of color. Tony Terrell Robinson, a graduate of Sun Prairie High School, was only nineteen when he was shot and killed by officer Matt Kenney on March 6 of last year. […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Amanda Zhang, Tony Robinson

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

“Wisconsin no es Arizona”

February 26, 2016

‘Dia Sin Latinos’ a Powerful Demonstration for Human Rights by Amanda Zhang On Thursday of last week, Wisconsin was forced to imagine what a world without Latinos and immigrants would look like. Thousands of workers, estimated between 14,000 – 20,000 Latino workers, students, and allies gathered in front of the capitol to protest bills AB450/SB36 […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Amanda Zhang

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

Organized Debate Can Be a Tool For Activism – But Not Without a Critical Self-Reflection of its Elitist Roots

November 12, 2015

by Amanda Zhang High School debate is prized as an intellectual activity for politically engaged young people. Each tournament often begins with a commencement speech by some important person or other who makes the claim that those of us participating will be the future leaders of the world. Advertisements hung throughout high schools tout the […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Amanda Zhang

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A Memorial for Skylar Lee

October 23, 2015

On Youth Activism, Intersectionality, and the Desire for a Better World by Amanda Zhang Last year, a boy I never heard of, with a streak of consistently multicolored hair, messaged me on Facebook. That day I had created an event page for Madison West’s Walkout last year for Tony Robinson. He told me he was […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Amanda Zhang

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

Madison’s Alarming Racial Achievement Gap in Education

September 25, 2015

by Amanda Zhang Last year, Brandi Grayson and Alix Shabazz characterized Madison in an article for the Guardian like this: “There have always been two Madisons.” They were speaking specifically on the police violence that was responsible for the death of Tony Robinson, but the sentiment remains true, especially when it comes to education. As […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Amanda Zhang

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

Twice Vulnerable: Black Women Live at Intersection of Both Racial & Gender Violence

September 11, 2015

by Amanda Zhang The one year anniversary of Mike Brown’s death in Ferguson, Missouri occurred back in August. The Black Lives Matter movement has produced a shift in consciousness, particularly with non-black citizens, and the media is paying more and more attention to killing of black men. While the attention being paid to the murders […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Amanda Zhang, Brandi Grayson, Cierra Finkley, Sandra Bland

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Arrested Development: How the Criminalization of Marijuana Disproportionately Impedes Minority Youths’ Pursuit of Higher Education

August 28, 2015

by Amanda Zhang People from all walks of life enjoy marijuana — white people, black people, poor people, old people, republicans, liberals — in America’s 300 some years of existence, smoking pot may just be the most egalitarian past-time in the history of our great nation — unlike college education. The current cost of college […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Amanda Zhang, Higher Education, Legalization of Marijuana, Marijuana





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