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Trinity College sociology professor Johnny Williams addressed his controversial statements about white people in a new op-ed for the Hartford Courant. Back in 2017, Williams shared a Medium article by author “Son of Baldwin” that called for Black folks to “show indifference to the lives of bigots.” The article noted that “racist” Republican lawmaker Steve Scalise was shot during a congressional baseball practice and […]

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Joanne Berger-Sweeney, PhD, has been appointed the first African-American and first female president of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. Berger-Sweeney will be the school’s 22nd president. She currently serves as Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Berger-Sweeney holds a doctorate in neurotoxicology from the Johns Hopkins School […]