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Opinion
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Media in the Age of Trump
“Now that the spotlight is on the press, its failures have even greater ramifications.”
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Lost in the Pond: Crimea and the West’s Acquiescence to the Status Quo
In the first installment of his column on European issues ignored in the American press, Maks Szwajewski discusses the Western response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
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The DNC’s Counter-Revolution
The Democratic National Committee’s chair race has alienated progressives and failed to unify the party.
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A Union in Name Only
“As usual, Local 33 has put the ‘idea of a union’ above the very real lives a union is meant to improve.”
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In Defense of Student Athletes
Student athletes do not detract from the academic strength of an institution like Yale. They model a unique approach to school life—a set of values—that we can all benefit from.