December 22, 2011
“Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?” These iconic words defined the McCarthyist era, in which the federal government fired thousands of employees it labeled Communists. This …
By JULIA CALAGIOVANNI December 7, 2011
Today was a bad day for reproductive rights across the country. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius announced that she is directing the Federal Drug Administration to uphold the existing age …
By EMMA JANGER December 6, 2011
The tragic Penn State scandal unfolding over the past few weeks has brought to light many of the issues that plague society at large. This month former coach Jerry Sandusky was arrested on 40 counts …
By ANTONIA CZINGER December 5, 2011
Despite cultural shifts and the rise of equality, most would-be parents still strongly prefer boys to girls. While this trend is most persistent in 2nd and 3rd world countries such as China and India, …
By EMILY RAPPAPORT December 4, 2011
Emma Sullivan, a Kansas 18-year-old, refused to apologize to Kansas Governor Sam Brownback after tweeting that he “#blowsalot.” Brownback, who wants to veto the Kansas Arts Commission’s entire budget, is opposed …
December 3, 2011
On November 11, three of the nation’s leading voices for healthcare access for transgender people spoke at Yale, and lent valuable insight to future healthcare professionals and transgender rights activists. The panel, a …
By HANNAH ZEAVIN December 1, 2011
Today is World AIDS day.
I was born in New York City 1990 to parents who had lost several friends to HIV/AIDS. There were whispers about a drug overdose when the disease, having taken hold, …
December 1, 2011
“Feminist analysis has the most authoritative insight into what’s wrong with the world,” stated Steven Lewis at Yale this Monday. As the former UN Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS in Africa, Lewis presented …
By ALEXANDRA BRODSKY November 29, 2011
Professor Crystal Feimster is an Assistant Professor of African American Studies and American Studies at Yale College teaching classes on “African-American Women’s History” and “Civil Rights and Women’s Liberation” this semester. Professor Feimster, who received …