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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…

With an 80-degree summer heat hanging thick, perspiring attendees bite their nails at Dustin Reidy’s campaign watch party. They have gathered at Orchard Tavern West, a restaurant just outside of Albany, New York. It’s 9:00 P.M. on June 25th—the night…

“Orange County is where the good Republicans go before they die,” said Ronald Reagan. Located in Southern California, Orange County is one of the most populous counties in the United States. Largely suburban, Orange County was a conservative stronghold throughout…

As students flood store aisles eager to stock up on notebooks and gear for the coming academic year, California’s public schools find themselves grappling with their own critical to-do lists. Schools rely heavily on state funding to cover teacher salaries,…

“I was feeling powerless,” Prem Pariyar said. It was the morning of October 9, 2023—the culmination of eight months of intense campaigning and fierce debate that divided California’s South Asian American community. Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, had just…

“I think Democrats need to understand that a political party is about one thing: winning elections,” said Ryan Busse, as he sipped his coffee at a Starbucks in Kalispell, Montana, his home for the last 25 years. Busse is the…

Martine Powers ’11 is the senior host of “Post Reports,” the award-winning daily news podcast from The Washington Post. She graduated from Yale in 2011 with a B.A. in African American Studies. Before joining the Post, Powers worked as a…