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Midwestern Roots, National Ambitions: Tim Walz’s Influence on the 2024 Election
“To be quite honest, he never would have crossed my mind,” said Greg Jones. Jones, who has taught English in the Duluth public school system for 27 years, was surprised by Vice President Kamala Harris’ selection of Minnesota Governor Tim…
Power to the People: How Ohio’s Issue 1 Seeks to Reform the Redistricting Process
“This is a really profound challenge to democracy that we’re witnessing in Ohio. It’s a little bit like the end of a movie, a Star Wars moment here, where there’s either going to be a little ray of hope for…
Biden’s Lame Duck Dilemma
July has always been a particularly warm month in Rehoboth Beach, and for President Joe Biden, it was especially so. The heat in July 2024 was political, and it radiated from the voices of Democratic leadership—many of them his closest…
Liberal Echo Chambers and Conservative Silences: The 2024 Presidential Debate at Yale
On the day of the 2024 United States presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, the Yale student body received an email from an organization called Yalies4Trump. The email invited “all election deniers, anti-vaxxers, and…
Kamala is brat. But what does that mean for Yale’s voters?
On September 10th, 2024, members of the Yale College Democrats (Yale Dems) excitedly gathered in Davies Auditorium to watch the first presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. While many Dems sported official blue Harris-Walz merch, one student wore…
When Colleges Close: The Devastating Effects of Liberal Arts College Shutdowns
In January 2023, high school senior Katherine Gaffney toured Cabrini University, a school in suburban Radnor, Pennsylvania. “You would have thought that it was a perfectly good school, and I loved it when I showed up. So I decided to…
The School Choice Dilemma: Navigating the Landscape of School Vouchers
In 2022, the Heritage Foundation released an agenda for the next Republican president, Project 2025. One of the key policies addressing the dwindling resources allocated to public schools within Project 2025 is to enact national universal school vouchers. Under Project…
Life After Affirmative Action: The Future of Higher Education and Diversity
Sheryl Carter ’82 arrived at Yale ten years after the institution started to admit women. When she was in high school preparing for the college admissions process, she never thought about going to Yale. Carter only ended up applying to…