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![BLOG: Education is Under Threat in Puerto Rico](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f97d2_ece71bec6d034b2d9a061d7ea02ad49f~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/0f97d2_ece71bec6d034b2d9a061d7ea02ad49f~mv2.webp)
James Baratta
Nov 6, 20212 min read
BLOG: Education is Under Threat in Puerto Rico
Of the 11 campuses in the UPR system, eight have gone on strike and at least one campus is at risk of permanent closure.
![BLOG: Here's Why Fake News is Bad for Democracy](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f97d2_92be05fa80c040169eb1de04bf2ddc27~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/0f97d2_92be05fa80c040169eb1de04bf2ddc27~mv2.webp)
James Baratta
Nov 3, 20212 min read
BLOG: Here's Why Fake News is Bad for Democracy
“Fake news” is not limited to a singular definition. Different people interpret this phrase in different ways.
![Cornell University and Ithaca College Consider Fossil Fuel Divestment](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f97d2_a7f7899e16d048d88898378b3e61d36c~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/0f97d2_a7f7899e16d048d88898378b3e61d36c~mv2.webp)
James Baratta
Oct 27, 20213 min read
Cornell University and Ithaca College Consider Fossil Fuel Divestment
“Climate change is definitely an economic problem… with environmental and social ramifications”
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![Puerto Ricans Fight Privatization of Energy and Demand Democratic Ownership](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f97d2_942bd18d9bb44280aa70d09944e9e142~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/0f97d2_942bd18d9bb44280aa70d09944e9e142~mv2.webp)
James Baratta
Oct 21, 202110 min read
Puerto Ricans Fight Privatization of Energy and Demand Democratic Ownership
The global fight against the privatization of utilities has a new front — Puerto Rico, where protests are raging.
![BLOG: Fossil Fuel Divestment in Higher Education](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f97d2_5d838cc37f9f48268c51060245fa4422~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/0f97d2_5d838cc37f9f48268c51060245fa4422~mv2.webp)
James Baratta
Oct 16, 20212 min read
BLOG: Fossil Fuel Divestment in Higher Education
Divestment advocates want to shift the prevailing energy paradigm.
![BLOG: Will Biden Cancel Student Debt?](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f97d2_cce447e0a5744e4cadcc12b78528a97d~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/0f97d2_cce447e0a5744e4cadcc12b78528a97d~mv2.webp)
James Baratta
Oct 15, 20212 min read
BLOG: Will Biden Cancel Student Debt?
Sweeping debt cancellations would initiate transformative change for an estimated 42 million borrowers.
![BLOG: The Path Toward Academic Equity](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f97d2_be80234465a74ce69920444e932aaa88~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/0f97d2_be80234465a74ce69920444e932aaa88~mv2.webp)
James Baratta
Oct 2, 20212 min read
BLOG: The Path Toward Academic Equity
Moving forward, the US government will need to invest in higher education so that it is more accessible.
![Hitting the Right Notes](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f97d2_58e36e9348c9449299f04d5fa19521ad~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/0f97d2_58e36e9348c9449299f04d5fa19521ad~mv2.webp)
James Baratta
Oct 1, 20214 min read
Hitting the Right Notes
“One of the things that I'd like us to wrestle with is this idea of our standards."
![BLOG: Free Public College Could Become a Reality](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f97d2_906a966d99c14bd282d970d6dbca0b70~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/0f97d2_906a966d99c14bd282d970d6dbca0b70~mv2.webp)
James Baratta
Oct 1, 20212 min read
BLOG: Free Public College Could Become a Reality
Put simply, structural changes are needed to make higher learning more accessible.
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![Study examines why the Ithaca Commons has survived while other pedestrian malls die](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f97d2_c08e4aaa2b30433185b847dbb8ccc640~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/0f97d2_c08e4aaa2b30433185b847dbb8ccc640~mv2.webp)
James Baratta
Sep 30, 20214 min read
Study examines why the Ithaca Commons has survived while other pedestrian malls die
Dr. Schmidt said that Downtown Ithaca meets some of his team’s criteria for a successful pedestrian mall.
![Ithaca College’s APP Language Illuminates 'Foundational Flaws'](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f97d2_41090d779f1944208a1f67b9c50d736d~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/0f97d2_41090d779f1944208a1f67b9c50d736d~mv2.webp)
James Baratta
Sep 22, 20214 min read
Ithaca College’s APP Language Illuminates 'Foundational Flaws'
Ithaca College is among many other higher education institutions facing a power imbalance.
![BLOG: Mobile Times Call for Mobile Measures](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f97d2_c0a3464108a04670bad32ed995a2bc3d~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/0f97d2_c0a3464108a04670bad32ed995a2bc3d~mv2.webp)
James Baratta
Sep 11, 20212 min read
BLOG: Mobile Times Call for Mobile Measures
The mobile-first, or digital-first, approach incorporates consumers’ contemporary habits into the content-production and publishing process.
![BLOG: The Role of Shared Governance in Higher Education](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f97d2_e5f5a740c9e24ffbaf40df07ce410e0f~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/0f97d2_e5f5a740c9e24ffbaf40df07ce410e0f~mv2.webp)
James Baratta
Sep 8, 20212 min read
BLOG: The Role of Shared Governance in Higher Education
With shared governance, stakeholders can make organizational decisions that evenly distribute power and consolidate community trust.
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![A Face-to-Face Fall Welcome](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f97d2_6c08800e56e14e8ea4b995e1bdd38b73~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/0f97d2_6c08800e56e14e8ea4b995e1bdd38b73~mv2.webp)
James Baratta
Aug 26, 20215 min read
A Face-to-Face Fall Welcome
"It’s important to have these events just so people become comfortable in the new setting that they're going to call home."
![Protestors Resist Militarized Gentrification of Public Beaches in Puerto Rico](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f97d2_3519a3230d0f4606990f028b1848df5d~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/0f97d2_3519a3230d0f4606990f028b1848df5d~mv2.webp)
James Baratta
Aug 13, 20214 min read
Protestors Resist Militarized Gentrification of Public Beaches in Puerto Rico
The beaches belong to the people. They are not for sale.
![Gushing Coverage of the Billionaire’s Space Race](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f97d2_cd6ee1b2ad2e40c29830a5f9c740cd77~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/0f97d2_cd6ee1b2ad2e40c29830a5f9c740cd77~mv2.webp)
James Baratta
Jul 26, 20215 min read
Gushing Coverage of the Billionaire’s Space Race
The billionaires’ space race is a spectacle, one that will ultimately exacerbate inequality and climate change.
![NYT Ignores Two-Year House Arrest of Lawyer Who Took on Big Oil](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f97d2_f628d0fd13494ed292446a42f37d59d2~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/0f97d2_f628d0fd13494ed292446a42f37d59d2~mv2.webp)
James Baratta
Jul 2, 20215 min read
NYT Ignores Two-Year House Arrest of Lawyer Who Took on Big Oil
Donziger’s persecution by Chevron is happening in the Times’ own backyard, but the paper has ignored this high-profile case...
![Puerto Rican Migration to the Continental United States in the 20th Century](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f97d2_cf753b5532984e9595b8f834755ae1df~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/0f97d2_cf753b5532984e9595b8f834755ae1df~mv2.webp)
James Baratta
Jun 4, 20214 min read
Puerto Rican Migration to the Continental United States in the 20th Century
Puerto Ricans are United States citizens. Yet, they have been consistently disparaged by their fellow citizens and treated as foreigners.
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![Discrimination and the accessibility of affordable housing](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f97d2_4e8c83f0c42d4231a2980d190e17c924~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/0f97d2_4e8c83f0c42d4231a2980d190e17c924~mv2.webp)
James Baratta
May 16, 202111 min read
Discrimination and the accessibility of affordable housing
ITHACA N.Y. — Even as affordable housing projects in the City of Ithaca continue to be built, and human services agencies do their best...
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![Politicizing the “Border Crisis” Prevents Progress](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/0f97d2_71d5e55b86644abb973f7466d61af879~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_339,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/0f97d2_71d5e55b86644abb973f7466d61af879~mv2.webp)
James Baratta
May 10, 202117 min read
Politicizing the “Border Crisis” Prevents Progress
Reporting by national corporate media has remained at the surface of these complex issues...
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