Editors’ Picks
Interview with Marianne Williamson, 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate, on Love and Apathy
“The only thing that overrides and disperses hate is love.”
Jia Tolentino’s “Feverish, Electric, Unlivable Hell:” The New Yorker Writer’s First Book Reckons with Self-Delusion and the Internet
In her new essay collection “Trick Mirror,” Jia Tolentino paints a bleak picture of our world of scams, mistruths, and self-delusions—all exacerbated by the internet. Is there a way out?
Half the Sky: #MeToo in China
“#MeToo has become a politically ‘sensitive’ issue in China now, so we cannot study it any more, even in academia. I hope you can also understand that we need to be anonymous in the #MeToo related issues.”
Resistance in Whispers: a Deal for Peace in Afghanistan, and a Fight by the Forgotten
A deal for peace in Afghanistan, and a fight by the forgotten.
Rehearsing Trauma: How Mass Shootings Have Changed America’s Classrooms
The sudden increase of gun violence drills in schools is partly a symptom of media sensationalism, but it is also symptomatic of the well-founded terror that pervades our country.
The Hidden Curriculum: First-Generation, Low-Income Students Tackle Yale’s Invisible Hurdles
Knowing what office hours are, or how to write professional emails, are never taught but are something that you’re supposed to be able to figure out.
Holding the Fort: How prison gangs rule in Philippine jails
In a facility riddled with institutional deficiencies within a country in political turmoil, it is prison gangs—composed of the Philippines’ supposedly most unruly, most disobedient, most criminal—that maintain control, instill self-discipline, and create a culture of respect.
Yale Alumni Lead Way on Blockchain-based Private Placements
“We see Blockchain as a way to bring financial opportunity,” Mr. Heyn says to The Politic. “It’s a great way to include small private companies, he continues.”