![In Defense of Coal Miners – Centering Corporate Cultural Manipulation in the Age of Environmentalism](http://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Schermata-2021-06-30-alle-16.01.50.png)
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![Prejudice on the Playground: When Islamophobia Enters the Classroom](http://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ahmed-mohamed-featured-e1463364729382.jpg)
Prejudice on the Playground: When Islamophobia Enters the Classroom
Islamophobia isn’t just increasing in political rhetoric – it’s growing in school environments.
![Hostile Takeover: The State of Arkansas vs. The Little Rock Board of Education](http://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/littlerockINV-2.jpg)
Hostile Takeover: The State of Arkansas vs. The Little Rock Board of Education
A school district instrumental in the Civil Rights Movement must come to terms with the racial and socioeconomic implications of its recent school closures.
![Professor-in-Chief: Was Larry Lessig’s Presidential Campaign Destined to Fail?](http://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Screen-Shot-2016-01-18-at-11.23.54-AM.jpg)
Professor-in-Chief: Was Larry Lessig’s Presidential Campaign Destined to Fail?
Larry Lessig wanted Americans to “Feel the Nerd” in 2016.
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The Rise of the Outsider Candidate
Outsider candidates are fueling unprecedented engagement with the presidential primaries, and student political groups at Yale have been seizing this opportunity.
![The Negotiator: The Politic’s Exclusive Sit-Down with Jake Sullivan, Hillary’s Top Foreign Policy Advisor](http://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Barack_Obama_talking_to_Hillary_Clinton_in_Phnom_Penh-1-scaled.jpg)
The Negotiator: The Politic’s Exclusive Sit-Down with Jake Sullivan, Hillary’s Top Foreign Policy Advisor
The Politic’s exclusive conversation with one of America’s rising stars in national security and key players in the breakthrough Iran nuclear deal.
![Better Have My Money: Spotify and the New Streaming Economy](http://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Screen-Shot-2016-01-19-at-9.22.39-PM1-e1453257880145.png)
Better Have My Money: Spotify and the New Streaming Economy
The creative community agrees that when a songwriter produces a work that goes platinum nine times and cannot live off this work alone, something must change.
![Presidential Power Rankings: December Edition](http://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/donald-trump-christmas-e1449731508190.jpg)
Presidential Power Rankings: December Edition
December means donning a festive sweater, hanging up twinkling lights, and updating our Election 2016 power rankings!
![The World Reduced: The Danger of Soundbite Culture](http://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/150820150457-jeb-bush-responds-to-anchor-baby-question-00002323-full-169.jpg)
The World Reduced: The Danger of Soundbite Culture
“When the primary and general elections come around, individuals will be going to the voting booth with seven seconds of opinion rather than ten minutes of substantive discussion.”