Scholar Strike sees some professors strike in solidarity with Black Lives Matter; students want to see more action from College administrators

By Alanis Gonzalez gonzalez@grinnell.edu On Sept. 8 and Sept. 9, faculty, staff and graduate students across the nation pressed pause on their lectures, grading and research to partake in the Scholar Strike, including professors at Grinnell College. The Scholar Strike is a movement started by a handful of professors to display academia’s solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, particularly athletes protesting in the NBA and WNBA. During the strike, professors gave teach-in lectures that shed light on various subjects […]