Editors’ Picks
The End of Ideas: Liberation, Liberal Arts and The Closure of Yale-NUS
On August 25, 2021, Luke Davies YNUS ’23 got an email from the Yale-NUS administration. There would be a town hall the next day at 9 a.m. Classes were canceled. “Imagine they’re going to tell us the school is closing,” he joked to a friend.
Breaking Free: Joshua Bassett’s Journey Back from the Brink of Death
“I realized that when you don’t have love for yourself then when other people hate you, it reconfirms the hate you already have for yourself. So you believe them – or when you have shame – you think you are unworthy of love,” Bassett said.
Cutthroat: A Battle for the Future of Antitrust
Unlike Black Friday sales, college admissions, and Yale course registration, antitrust law is not commonly described as cutthroat. Indeed, until about five years ago, antitrust, which determines how companies can legally compete in the U.S. market, was a staid regime experiencing a decades-long ossification, or “ice age,” as Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, said in a New York Times interview.
Change Can’t Be Choreographed: The Messy Racial Politics of the Super Bowl Halftime Show
We shouldn’t just relish this Halftime Show as an entertaining concert and ignore its troubling politics, because that’s what the NFL wants. The confused politics fade into the background, and viewers are left with fond memories of a celebratory performance of hip-hop.
Infrastructure and How We Create It: The U.S. and Mexico’s Push to Build
A closer look at infrastructure policies shows that Mexico’s government takes an approach of federal directives at the cost of transparency or regulation, while the U.S. chooses process over progress.
Stuck in the Middle: France, the European Union, and a Case Study for the United States
One country has received hardly any attention from American onlookers despite the sprawling influence and global admiration it once enjoyed: France. While the United States unceasingly observes China, Russia, and Germany while keeping an eye out for its close English ally, France always comes second in the eyes of American policymakers.
“You Must Construct New Stories”: A Conversation with Black Disability Rights Advocate Haben Girma
eafblind graduate of Harvard Law School, Haben Girma has spent her life advocating for disability justice and the importance of inclusion as a human rights lawyer. Girma is also a recipient of the Helen Keller Achievement Award and a member of the Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2016.
Flag on the Play: How Anti-Trans Athlete Bills Impact Trans and Nonbinary Youth Off the Field
“It infiltrates kids’ minds in a way that they have to carry around this really deep emotional weight,” said Gonzales. “They know that the people that have the power to do good are instead using the most vulnerable population to amplify their own political platform.”