By Hannah Epstein & Rana Rastegari The email Willa Hollinger received from Tomiko Jenkins, the dean of Bryn Mawr’s undergraduate college, was as vague as it was alarming.  “I am reaching out to request a brief, confidential meeting regarding an important college matter,” it read. “Given the sensitive nature of this matter, we ask that…

This article originally appeared in The Nation. For the full piece, go to the Nation’s webpage: https://www.thenation.com/article/world/congo-diaspora-peace-deals-trump-minerals/. Below is a short clip from the full piece. Nils Kinuani was sitting in his elementary school classroom in Bukavu, a city in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, when the rebel commander chiefs entered the room.…

This breaking news piece was first published in the Bi-College Newspaper on April 3rd Yesterday afternoon, President Donald Trump announced an overwhelming roll-out of new tariffs, some placed on key U.S. trading partners, in what he claimed was a “liberation day” for the United States. At a speech at the White House’s Rose Garden, Trump said that…

A shortened version of this article was published in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle (https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2024/07/11/a-secret-garden-grows-in-brooklyn/) Below is the full piece I wrote. COBBLE HILL — Walking through the garden together, Julia Lichtblau is able to identify every plant with its traditional Latin terminology; euonymus fortune, Heuchera, phlox paniculata, hosta plantaginea. As we were talking, passersby frequently stopped…

This article was originally published in The Baltimore Sun. For the full piece, go to the Sun’s website: https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/06/25/melanie-bryant-lgbtq-office/. Below is a short clip. Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott appointed Melanie Bryant as the director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs, according to a Wednesday news release. The interim director, Alexis Blackmon, will now serve…

This article was originally published in The Baltimore Sun. For the full article, go to the Sun’s website: https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/06/26/state-center-plan/. Below is a short clip from the full piece. A development project intended to revamp Baltimore’s 28-acre State Center into a residential and retail hub is in the works, state officials said Thursday. Alongside the unveiling…

Published in the Bi-College Newspaper April 2024 i-Co Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) held a teach-in titled “COVID IN TIMES OF GENOCIDE,” which has been criticized the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia as antisemitic. The event, which took place on March 27, was advertised as a “teach-in on how Israel uses COVID as a tool for…

Published in the Bi-College Newspaper, April 2024 BRYN MAWR- The pro-Palestinian encampment on Bryn Mawr’s campus has entered its third day. Upwards of 25 tents have formed a circle on Merion Green, in an attempt by both the organizers and the occupants to take up “more space,” Bi-Co Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) organizer…

Published in the Bi-College Newspaper In the six years since her inauguration as Haverford’s 16th president, Wendy Raymond has weathered protests, strikes, and numerous forms of campus tension. But on May 7, 2025, her leadership will face its first test before a national audience. Raymond is set to testify before the Republican-headed Congressional Committee on Education…