No More Exceptions: Abolish Prison Slavery
Although the Thirteenth Amendment is often viewed through the lens of linear racial progress, the exception clause set into motion a long history of involuntary, brutal, and racialized prison labor.
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Moving the Gun Debate Forward: Policy Solutions for U.S. Mass Shootings
By honing in on what allowed each mass shooting to occur, Americans can have more fruitful conversations—in Congress or at the dinner table—about how to stop the next attack.
Losing Ground: Connecticut’s Small Farms Face an Uncertain Future
“It’s hard being a little guy,” he said. “You’re small but expected to do the same thing as a larger grower, but with less resources. You just can’t absorb that type of cost.”
Yale Students Silent in Face of Climate Change
On a politically and civically engaged campus, the issue of climate change seems secondary.
Yale and Title IX: A Complicated History and an Unclear Future
“Any Department of Education regulations that would detract from universities’ incentives to ensure such a climate would be a step backward, not forward.”
Chinese Ovaries, Again
A new proposal designed to encourage couples to have more children, by implementing what has been dubbed a “childless tax,” has incited warranted public outcry.
Skin in the Game: Review of Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman
BlacKKKlansman is the story of a bond between two men, each on the periphery of whiteness, defining their identities in the face of hatred.
Review: Eminem’s “Kamikaze”
In classic, self-righteous fashion, as per usual with Eminem, he has gone about retribution in his own way.