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Because at the end of the day, it is also not productive to conclude that it is all hopeless. Like many of my peers, I cast my first vote in a presidential election for Harris. I am just as disappointed in the results as anyone else, even if I am not as surprised.

November 20, 2024

Your vote in this referendum is not dependent on your race, class, religion, political affiliation or any identity you hold. Instead, I believe your vote is about the kind of world you want to create. It is about making sure our institutions, locally and nationally, are accountable to the will of the people. It is about investing in and practicing the principles of democracy at every level. It is a simple message to Yale’s 16 trustees: students want Yale to be a source of life, not a contributor to death. 

November 19, 2024

So, as you consider the Sumud Coalition’s new divestment referendum I ask you, dear reader: are you with those fighting authoritarianism, or against them? 

November 19, 2024

Yale goes to great lengths to build heterogeneous groups on campus. Yet many of us undo that work when we get here. This reality of our time at Yale is tragic because, as I’ve learned, life’s great privilege is being given the chance to understand other people’s sincerely held beliefs and convictions.

November 18, 2024

It is our job as educators to bring out the complexity of moral and social issues, not to put our thumb on the scale in advance to determine what kind of change is deemed morally or politically acceptable. When this happens, education becomes indoctrination and teaching a form of ideology training.

November 18, 2024

In the past four years, Democratic majorities have capped the cost of insulin at $35, invested over a trillion dollars in infrastructure and secured health benefits for veterans. So to the president of the Yale Republicans: how will your party govern, if your obsession is only to defeat your fellow Americans?

November 18, 2024

Two days after the results of an election that many felt was an attack on minorities and a threat to their human rights, the Sumud […]

November 13, 2024

As a leading Ivy League institution, Yale is a shining example of academic freedom, and as a Yalie, I am proud that Yale renewed its […]

November 13, 2024

Instead of talking about cats and dogs, former President Trump and Vice President Harris would have done better to address American children's education. So, here is a good reform of our education system that I would be happy to see the president-elect steal from me: Let’s prevent schools from starting before 9:30 a.m.

November 11, 2024

This election is monumental. It is not about us, but it is about the fate of a democracy, a populace and our planet.

November 11, 2024

We are in the midst of a civic literacy crisis. Even if voter turnout for the 2024 election stays the same as in 2020, that will still mean one-third of America did not cast their vote. While general indifference and decreased attention spans are partly to blame, what’s grown alongside them is a cultural taboo around discussion of the government, especially in schools. Just because something is political doesn’t mean you can’t talk about it, especially when everything is a result of politics. The sidewalks you walk on were built because politicians somewhere, at some time, passed an infrastructure law. There’s no more room to be neutral, but that’s not such a bad thing.

November 10, 2024