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It was the Monday night before classes were set to begin for Yale’s spring semester. Many of the students living in Bingham Hall, one of the first-year dorms on Yale’s Old Campus, had made an effort to sleep early in…
In 2019, Poland’s state TV broadcaster, Telewizja Polska S.A. (TVP), accused Wojciech Sadurski of criminal defamation over a tweet. A dual citizen of Poland and Australia, Sadurski is Challis Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Sydney. In recent years,…
Kelly Schulz is every bit a classic conservative. To her, being a Republican is “about small government, it’s about less taxes, it’s about good education, it’s about individual freedoms.” Her words hearken back to an older Republican Party, one defined…
On May 10, 2022, Governor Ned Lamont signed a bill into law intended to limit the use of solitary confinement in Connecticut. Lamont had vetoed a similar bill in 2021, but included some of the same policies in this year’s…
Lisa, a 58-year-old transit officer, grew up in the Catholic tradition. When she moved to New Haven eight years ago, she bounced around from church to church, but none really felt like home. Then, Lisa found Vox, an evangelical megachurch…
Since 2007, Sherrod Brown has served as the United States Senator from Ohio. From 1994-2007, he was the U.S. Representative for Ohio’s 13th District, and from 1983-1991, he served as Ohio’s secretary of state. He is a member of the…
Tammy, 71, sits on the curb with her hands clasped on top of her knees, her long tangled hair wrapping around her shoulder and down her chest. She’s been growing it out, she says. It’s a statement. Tammy lost her…
The art world has undergone a reckoning as authorities have seized stolen antiquities from the world’s most prestigious art museums. Museums have collected art for centuries, but efforts to validate their origins have scarcely begun.
