Dear World 2.0: An Ode to Letter Writing
From ages ten to fifteen, I spent my summers at a sleep-away camp. Like many camps in the United States, ...
Opinion
Wheel You Be Nice to the Pretty Orange Bikes?
When I first noticed the orange bikes—sleek in design, brilliant in color, overwhelming in their campus bike stands, shining in ...
Investigating Investigations: An Idea to Combat Police Inefficiencies
There’s a bit of a crisis in American murder policing in that no one can actually do it. Homicide clearance ...
#YouToo? Challenges to the #MeToo Movement in Europe
The #MeToo movement is one of the most powerful moments in modern history, as thousands of victims of sexual assault ...
Choosing Wisely: A Vote Against Political Inaction
A lot of the people I’ve met at Wesleyan think that if they don’t find a candidate who agrees with ...
Bringing Unity Back to the UN
In 1945, amid the ruins of World War II, the world came together to found the United Nations (UN), a ...
The Politics of Weather: Snow Laughing Matter
Discussing the weather is the archetypal small-talk conversation. I could be talking to someone I see every day, to someone ...
Facebook: The Involuntary Data Hoarder
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and co-founder of Facebook, testified for the second day in front of Congress on April 10. Over ...
The President and Corporations: Late Capitalism Trumps the Environment
President Trump’s announcement of plans to cut the size of two national monuments last December, published on the front page ...
Neither Free Nor Fair: The Problems With Elections
Americans often feel they have one of the strongest functioning democracies in the world. While our country certainly is better ...