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![Friendsgiving: Pies, Ice Cream, and Growing Up](http://thepolitic.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/image-e1511932516919.jpg)
Friendsgiving: Pies, Ice Cream, and Growing Up
There is something magical about seeing old hometown friends in a new city.
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A Thanksgiving Reflection: Navigating the Holidays and LGBTQ Identity
Lauren Lee reflects on Thanksgiving, acceptance, and family in light of her LGBTQ identity.
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Homogeny without Hostility: The Buckley Program’s 7th Annual Conference
A Tempered Assessment of Free Speech and Partisan Tolerance at Yale
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Was Dove’s Recent Advertisement Racist?
“In a society where racism has been entrenched in people’s views from the inception of the country, it is inevitable that people will notice racism through subtle details.”
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Hopefully Gone, Hopefully Forgotten: Toxic Masculinity, A Eulogy?
Gabe Roy asks what jokes about harming transgender women say about the state of toxic masculinity in the U.S.
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Originalism in the Supreme Court: Legacy and Impact
Whether or not partisan-gerrymandering claims are justiciable is vulnerable to an ideology that works at the expense of our representative government’s legitimacy.
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Poverty in the Christian Narrative: Victim-Blaming the Poor?
“Blaming an individual for being poor can threaten morality by denying the principle of equality.”
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Urban Ignorance: On Yale’s Lack of an Urban Studies Program
“Students will need a multifaceted perspective to work on urban issues in the real world.”