Politics at Amherst

Host Aaron Holton '25 is joined by James Patterson Jr '27 to discuss all the action from the Supreme Court's previous term.

In the newest installment of Politics at Amherst, Host Aaron Holton '25 is joined by Zane Khiry '25 to discuss the role of policing in communities, tactics such as no knock warrants, qualified immunity, and the idea of ACAB and defunding the police.

Host Aaron Holton '25 is joined by Managing News Editor Leo Kamin '25 to discuss bias in the American judicial system and the political nature of the Supreme Court.

If we want to "make our communities better, improve society, and help people," are prisons the best form of justice?

In the first episode of a three part series on the criminal justice system, host Aaron Holton is joined by Aidan Orr, who discusses restorative and transformative justice and makes the case for prison abolition.

Aaron Holton '25 is joined by Tim Carroll '25 to discuss affirmative action, the value of diversity in higher education, and the potential inclusion of students' socioeconomic status in the college admissions process.

In the first episode of the Student's newest podcast, Aaron Holton '25 discusses how political ideologies manifest on the Amherst campus with Isaiah Doble '25.