Issue I

In print

COVER: TC Martin drove from Maryland to Montgomery, Alabama to unveil his hometown’s dark past

Alan May dives deep into Bridgeport’s budget crisis

Anastasia Hufham writes about the Yale Prison Education Initiative

Jake Leffew investigates the precarity of journalism in Mexico

Peter Roth interviews Jake Tapper, CNN Chief Washington Correspondent

Sebastian Quaade profiles Ugandan singer and activist Bobi Wine

Shannon Sommers writes on identity in the face of hatred in her review of “BlacKkKlansman”

Vanessa Zhang writes on the family behind Purdue Pharma LP and their financial contributions to Yale.

 

Right from your computer

Andrew Sorota breaks down the implications of New York’s recent Democratic primaries

Ashley Fan writes on China’s plan to increase birth rates  

Charlie Chen writes on China’s current housing crisis  

Elizabeth Hopkinson explores the relationship between selflessness and saviorism in New Haven

Gina Markov explains the importance of the Peabody museum to the Yale community

Hadley Copeland writes about Chinese-Mongolian relations

Herman Peng and Chandler Wakefield write about corruption and trust under Xi Jinping

James Dunn breaks down responses to allegations of sexual misconduct against Ellison and Franken

Jarrett Malouf reviews Eminem’s new album, “Kamikaze”

Kevin Han profiles Belarusian and Ukrainian culture

Mackenzie Hawkins writes about the politicization of headlines

Nicholas Kidd writes on the Democratic Party’s split on abolishing ICE

Nick Randos explores the experiences of first-generation low-income students at Yale

Sam Feldman digs deep into Yale’s complicated past with Title IX  

Taylor Redd reflects on Louis C.K., a year later