OPINION
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YENILMEZ: Buying our brains

My great-grandmother has a saying: “If people’s brains were to be sold in the market, everyone would still buy their own brain.”  Especially after the […]

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ZHANG: In praise of monoliths

It began this past November, when shaky helicopter footage first captured the wildlife officials traversing rugged terrain. They stopped before a metal prism, heads angled […]

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BARKER: You can’t come back all the way

Sophomores, you must be excited. You’ve been away from New Haven for a semester and a half. You’ve been missing your friends. And you’ve probably […]

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LEE: Economics for the people

Change is coming to economic policy in America, or at the very least, to President Biden’s top economic policy body. On Nov. 30, Biden and […]

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BITTON: Decadence and revolution

Much has been, is being and will be written about January 6, 2021. The supporters of a sitting president of the United States stormed the […]

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ONGURU: Taking things the wrong way

I watched the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol live on television. It was around 2 a.m., and my dad and I had sat down to […]

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XU: It’s not over yet

At the start of Thanksgiving break, I left Old Campus, relieved after a long semester to finally go home and catch my breath. Meanwhile, my […]

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CIESLIKOWSKI: The YPU’s persisting niche

Return the Yale Political Union to its former glory. That goal never left my mind as I slowly climbed the ladder of Union leadership over […]

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Congratulations to our newest staffers

Arts Dominique CastanheiraSamhitha JosyulaMaia DeckerMaria Antonia Henriques SendasTania Tsunik Business George WangOlivia ZhangGrace O’KeefeNatasha RavinandSimon RabinowitzJimin KimRosemary Yanxi ChenKelvin Yip City Sylvan LebrunVanika MaheshAlvaro PerpulySai […]

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DODD: Elites, know thy ignorance

Trump’s performance surprised pundits this election: 47 percent of the country voted for him, even with a pandemic and recession. This unprecedented support has led […]

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BERTRÁN RAMÍREZ & STEUER INGALL: Looking back at the Harvard-Yale game protest

When we stormed the field at halftime during last year’s Yale-Harvard game, we had little way of predicting what would happen, or the extent to […]