We Should Not Kick Catholic Priests out of the U.S. Don’t Block Progress on Pancreatic Cancer Audio By Carbonatix In Politico yesterday, Amherst’s Austin Sarat griped heartily about President Obama ...

For the past several months, I have organized a weekly “Stand Up for Democracy” rally/protest on the busiest street corner in my hometown. On Fridays at 5:30 pm., students, teachers, townspeople and ...

AMHERST –The Select Board and Jones Library Board of Trustees named Amherst College law professor Austin Sarat to replace library board member Kathleen Wang, who resigned effective Jan. 21. The two ...

Austin Sarat, an Amherst College professor, last week led a discussion with Amherst Neighbors trying to answer the question, “Is Democracy Doomed?” President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration will ...

It is hard enough to promote or save democracy when the public is relatively united in its desire to do so. The experience of the “color revolutions” in former Soviet Republics offers powerful ...

In January 2023 two Democratic representatives, Judith Garcia and Carlos Gonzalez, proposed a bill that would offer prisoners in Massachusetts a new way to win reduction in their sentences: by ...