What’s in a name? Cancer Alley is a term coined to describe a region in southern Louisiana with high rates of cancer and other serious...

Amidst the looming threat of the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the United States, and state trigger laws in place, we look to Latin...

Afghan evacuees face challenges securing visas, housing, and other necessities in New Haven. Refugee resettlement agencies are working to...

Since 1996, over six million Congolese citizens have died as a result of genocidal wars and the exploitative conditions of Western...

America has a literacy problem, and it’s worse than you think. Amelia Lake | amelia.lake@yale.edu The ability to read is an essential...

How the coronavirus pandemic has harmed immigrants in detention centers, violating the human rights to life and asylum, and what this...

By Isabella Marin | isabella.marinquintero@yale.edu A crowd of protesters facing the police in New York City. Image courtesy of Johannes...

The challenges, changes, and unexpected benefits to elementary education as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. By Maia Decker | ...

The Impact of Coronavirus on Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) By Astri Doub | astri.doub@yale.edu At the...

By Faith Evanson ⎸ faith.evanson@yale.edu A “hidden population”— this is how many describe the community of homeless youth in...

By McKenna Christmas | mckenna.christmas@yale.edu This article aims to give a general overview of the human rights concerns within our...

Driven largely by institutional barriers and notions of worthiness, education programs in prisons are vulnerable and controversial....

By McKenna Christmas | mckenna.christmas@yale.edu The country was first introduced to for-profit or “contract” prisons as a response to...

By Andrew Bilodeau | andrew.bilodeau@yale.edu For a week in 1842, Fred A. Packard, a public intellectual famous for his advocacy for...

By Andrew Bilodeau | andrew.bilodeau@yale.edu The Voting Rights Act of 1965, also known as the VRA, is commonly considered the most...

By Nellie Conover-Crockett | nellie.conovercrockett@yale.edu On February 14th, 2018, Nikolas Cruz went on a rampage, firing wildly at...