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2015-2016 Issue III

A Doctrine of Destruction: ISIS Attempts to Erase History

Sarah DonilonMay 19, 2016

Amid a bloody civil war in Syria, it’s a race against time to protect Syria’s cultural treasures from the hands of ISIS.

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It’s a Hard Bargain: The Choctaw Tribe Takes Dollar General to the Supreme Court

Declan KunkelMay 19, 2016

A legal case involving the Choctaw Tribe and Dollar General poses new challenges in defining tribal jurisdiction and sovereignty

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“Gown and Gown”: Gateway Community College and Yale Forge a New Partnership

Zachary CohenMay 19, 2016

Heightened partnership between Yale and Gateway Community College opens new educational doors for the Southern Connecticut community.

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Unsafe in a Sanctuary City: New Haven Community Resists Immigration Raids

Camila Guiza-ChavezMay 19, 2016May 19, 2016

“Out of nowhere they knocked down doors.”

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The Royal Environmentalist: An Interview with Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Ali al Nuaimi, “The Green Sheikh”

Sarah DonilonMay 19, 2016

The Politic sits down with the “Green Sheikh” to discuss his ecological initiatives, the future of the UAE’s energy economy, and the spirituality of environmentalism

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It Takes Two: Paternalistic Policies Harm Maternal Health

The PoliticMay 19, 2016May 19, 2016

Rather than limit a woman’s freedom to act on behalf of her child, society should make child-rearing a more egalitarian pursuit, which would benefit parents and the child.

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Must a Fair Harvard be Free?

Billy RobertsMay 19, 2016May 19, 2016

Inside the Campaign to Abolish Tuition

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“We Live on the Edge of a Razor”: Inside Putin’s Prisons

Lina VolinMay 15, 2016June 3, 2016

On January 14, the Russian government banned fenya, the traditional slang of Russian prisons. Lina Volin ’19 explores how the ban is just one aspect of human rights issues in Russia, behind prison gates and outside of them.

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