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Nick Jacobson YC ‘23 was the Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania’s 85th State House District in this year’s general election. While at Yale, Nick was one of The Politic’s Managing Editors. He lives outside of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Nick spoke to The…
On an election day that saw one of the most divisive and high-stakes contests for the presidency, an electric mood of political excitement suffused campus. Student groups such as Yale Votes led hundreds of students to City Hall to vote,…
Perpetrators of gun violence often signal their intent to do so before it happens. “That leakage—and all those instances of someone saying ‘I’m going to kill myself,’ or ‘I’m going to kill people at a school or church or synagogue’…
“We cannot talk about development without talking about conflict and violence,” Brazilian environmental activist Gabriela Sarmet told The Politic, “Behind every development comes a trail of destruction.” Over the last five centuries, mining has left environmental carnage across Brazil. Gold,…
When Jack Dozier ’27 was working with the Democratic Coordinated Campaign in Virginia this summer, he spent much of his lunch break looking at polls. He had plenty to look at—the presidential debate between Biden and Trump had taken place…
On the morning of November 6, liberals woke up to a nightmare. A great red sweep took the nation. An election so close experts predicted its results would only be known in following days resulted in the landslide victory for…
“A lot of time has to pass before things change. We’ve grown up with the corrupt government that we have, so we can’t take promises of change too seriously,” said Nicole Viloria ’26, the president of the Yale Venezuelan Club…
Mexico’s democracy, after years of resilience and progress, is tumbling toward an authoritarian abyss. As of September 15th, 2024, the judicial branch—formerly made up of judges appointed by the government—will now be elected by the populace. The public, however, will…
