By Sebastian Ward ’26 “Our world is dying,” or any variation of the phrase, perfectly characterizes the reformist nature of the current climate change movement, and can also offer insight as to why it has been unsuccessful. Our world is not dying, our world is being killed. The people with the blood on their hands…
Category: Global
Urgent Call to Disarm Yale Police Department in wake of 4/16 shooting
April 20, 2019 Dear President Peter Salovey, Chief of Police Ronnell Higgins, and senior members of the Yale administration: We, Black Students for Disarmament at Yale, unite to demand that Peter Salovey and the Yale Police Department implement immediate and lasting policies to address the injustice of the April 16th shooting of Stephanie Washington and…
Tremors
Como un polvorón crujiente, un mazapán recién abierto Los edificios de la ciudad se derrumbaron Convertidos en un polvo cruel Las calles se llenaron de personas preocupadas, Ciudadanos confundidos, tal vez derrotados Tan sólo lo pude ver en las noticias Con seres queridos, yo no pude estar Gracias a dios, la mia esta bien,…
Hair Here and Abroad
Originally, I set out to compare my own personal hair experience in the United States versus in my experience in Ghana. However, considering SheaMoisture’s recent business ventures, I’ve decided to make a few changes. BLACK HAIR IS POLITICAL. Not just in the United States but everywhere. Policing Black hair has always been used as a…
Bombs Promoting Peace
The idea that bombing a country can promote peace is not a new one–at least not in this country. The United States bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the second World War. They’ve done it in past years. And Donald Trump has done it now to Syria. Allegedly, the bombing was done in response to an…