Author Archives: Vinay Nayak

How many times will we let people die before we say enough is enough?

We should be much more troubled by Democrats' politically expedient dishonesty on this issue over the last few years than by Rob Portman’s politically harmful honesty.

This fall’s Ward 1 aldermanic campaign has featured good conversation about how to effect positive change for students and other residents of our city. My experience as a policy assistant on the Board of Aldermen has guided my policy-oriented approach to this campaign. I have issued a number of actionable policy proposals and discussed broader »

Across the country, people are hurting. Jobs are scarce, government support has been scaled back, and people have fewer and fewer places to turn. They feel that our elected officials and corporate executives are working for the most well-off and not for ordinary families and workers. But New Haven can be different. New Haven has »

New Haven is a great city, and this November we have an opportunity to take big steps to make it better. I envision a New Haven where no one is left behind, where providing equal opportunities will create a stronger community and where Yale students work within broad-based coalitions to realize the vision we share »