Yale Daily News

They say that the only ‘A’ that matters is the one between the ‘Y’ and the ‘L’. And according to a recent faculty report, there […]

December 5, 2023

A few weeks ago, I was invited to a party by a friend who goes to Harvard. “We can go to Felipe’s afterwards,” she said. […]

November 17, 2023

It brings me great pleasure to report that on Oct. 3, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy lost his job after his fellow Republican, Matt Gaetz of […]

October 16, 2023

“You must be over the age of 21 to drink alcohol in the state of Connecticut.”  Since 1984, Congress has conditioned federal highway funds on […]

October 9, 2023

On Tuesday, New Haven voters will pick their Democratic nominee for November’s mayoral election. I am voting for incumbent mayor Justin Elicker. Here’s why. Elicker […]

September 12, 2023

They say there’s no such thing as a free lunch. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was: the Department of Agriculture made school meals free […]

September 7, 2023

The spring before I matriculated, I took the Amtrak down to New Haven for a funeral. The day before the service, I had dinner in […]

September 1, 2023

The key question in Students for Fair Admissions’ lawsuits against the University of North Carolina and Harvard College was whether their affirmative action policies constituted unlawful racial discrimination against Asian American applicants. On June 29, the justices ruled 6-3 that both universities’ policies do, in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. On that question, the Court’s majority was right.

July 18, 2023

Joe Biden is, officially, running for re-election. (Disclosure: I supported Biden for the Democratic nomination when he announced four years ago; I plan to vote […]

April 28, 2023

On April 7, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of Texas issued a ruling striking down the FDA’s authorization of mifepristone, a drug used for medication […]

April 18, 2023

Donald J. Trump is going to be indicted by a grand jury in Manhattan, per The New York Times. The charges? That the former president […]

April 2, 2023