Yale Daily News

Just two years ago, I might’ve been killed by one of the University’s police officers, the same ones employed to protect me. Just three years […]

February 25, 2021

For nearly 250 years we allowed slavery to persist on this continent because it formed the backbone of our economy. During World War II we […]

February 22, 2021

On Jan. 6, a mass of armed kooks, nuts and conspiracy theorists stormed Capitol Hill while Congress was inside, paraded around vandalizing offices and hallways […]

February 8, 2021

Author’s note: This piece was written prior to Thanksgiving break 2020. It gets dark early now. At around 4 p.m. the beams of sunlight that […]

February 4, 2021

I used to love reading dystopian novels in middle school. “The Hunger Games,” “Divergent,” “The Maze Runner,” “Legend,” “The 5th Wave.” Wherever I went, at […]

October 27, 2020

Donald Trump has made more than 20,000 false or misleading claims since he entered office. He has thrown temper tantrums, launched verbal assaults and spewed […]

October 8, 2020

To be a Black student at an institution such as Yale is to be perpetually hyperaware of your identity. It is to question how others […]

September 25, 2020

Yale is old, really old. Like older than America old. That the University has managed to remain in existence all this time is a testament […]

September 22, 2020

I’m from the Austin neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago, a community decimated by decades of discrimination and disinvestment. I became aware of that […]

September 7, 2020

Move-in day wasn’t quite like what I expected it to be when I was admitted to Yale last year. I looked forward to stepping onto […]

August 30, 2020