“Individuals expressed to us that they felt that with preexisting conditions, COVID-19 would be a death sentence for them before they heard back from their public defenders, private attorneys, or the courts.”
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Standing in Solidarity: Supporting International Students During Trump, COVID, and Beyond
By design, the US immigration system is broken, making it hard for international students to come to America. But the Trump administration and the COVID-19 pandemic have not only revealed issues around F-1 visas and taxing financial aid packages, but they have also worsened them
Still Together: How a Summer of Protest Could Lead to Lasting Change at Yale
While the Yale clubs and campus groups that donated and called for systemic change this summer haven’t gone silent, levels of activity on racial justice have descended from their summer highs.
Understanding the DOJ’s Lawsuit Against Yale’s Race Conscious Admissions Within the History of Asian Americans and Anti-Blackness
Historical contextualization of the model minority myth and Asian American history in the US allows us to understand how Asian social mobility has been inextricably linked with anti-Blackness.
Lessons from Watercolor Painting
Students are not the only ones adjusting to Zoom University. Yale faculty are facing pressure to adapt their teaching styles and work-from-home approach, and they often do this in creative and innovative ways.
Students Grapple with Socially Distant Socializing
Shattering a friendship so that the PHC can have a conversation with kids who obviously don’t care just doesn’t seem worth it.
Dining at a Distance: A Dispatch from New Haven During the Early Days of the Pandemic
Though restaurants in the New Haven area surrounding Yale are experiencing some of the same general economic effects associated with the novel coronavirus that all restaurants across the United States suffer from, the area’s affiliation with the university has brought about a particularly dramatic change to operations.
The Little Festival That Could
We never talked about stopping. It never came up.