Rather than substantively critiquing the president’s policies or priorities, even Democrats are now criticizing Biden for being “too old.” By Andrew V. Lorenzen In politics, age is not just a number—it’s a weapon. Recently, we’ve seen it wielded in a spate of articles, from The New York Times to The Atlantic, seeking to attack President Biden’s potential reelection campaign. […]
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The president has an opportunity to address the partisan failures of Congress and the Supreme Court by taking real actions to combat the crisis at hand. By Hannah Reynolds At this point, climate change is an undeniable part of our reality. With wildfires burning like never before across Alaska and the West Coast, record heat waves, flooding, droughts, […]
The university’s recently announced Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability will need to ban oil and gas companies from funding its research. By Ilana Cohen In June, Harvard announced that it would establish the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability. The institute aims to connect and bolster climate-change initiatives across the university, in large part by supporting related […]
Wearing a mask in high school is annoying, but it makes me feel safe. My biggest fear is reliving the nightmare that began in March 2020. By Marylene Bioh EDITOR’S NOTE: A version of this article was originally published by Youth Communications and is reposted here with permission. YC is a nonprofit publisher of teen-written stories and curriculum to help […]
If we want to seriously reform our criminal justice system, we need to listen to those who have felt the human costs of incarceration. By Owen Mortner On June 7, voters in San Francisco recalled District Attorney Chesa Boudin after less than two years in office. Like many advocates for criminal justice system reform, I was devastated. […]
Expanding enrollment at Ivy League institutions won’t solve inequality or fix our broken education system. By John Monkovic Gracing the pages of legacy media over recent years, a particular take has been presented as a rational, bipartisan solution to inequality at elite universities: enrollment expansion. “Many well-known public universities have expanded the number of students they serve without […]