The following guest post was written by Marva Barnett, author of Victor Hugo on Things That Matter: What is just and what is legal are all too often not the same thing. Nina Totenberg’s recounting of the current Supreme Court case about prosecutorial immunity illuminates what Victor Hugo called “the
A recent unexpected celebrity endorsement is just the latest in a string of successes for Yale’s Icons of America series, which presents brief, lively volumes on our nation’s major cultural touchstones. Past works have covered the Empire State Building, Gone with the Wind, and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have
Alissa Hamilton was interviewed on Food Chain Radio‘s October 17th show, entitled “Squeezed Fresh.” Click here to listen to the full interview and see below for the show description: It’s pure, and natural, and squeezed fresh. And so we buy the orange juice and drink it to break our fast
In this fascinating video produced by the Teachers College Record, historian Jonathan Zimmerman discusses the little red schoolhouse as an icon of American culture and a key touchstone to be reckoned with in the pursuit of educational reform. http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1078591422 To read an excerpt from Zimmerman’s book on the Yale University
Forty-four years ago this week, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law, marking a monumentous moment in civil rights history. Yesterday’s confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor fell on the anniversary of the law’s passage, lending even greater historical resonance to a moment that President Obama celebrated as
Sometimes it takes an outsider’s point of view to see society as it truly is. Such keen insights are abundant in Bite the Hand That Feeds You, a collection of the work of British-born journalist Henry Fairlie compiled by Newsweek contributor Jeremy McCarter. Fairlie, who passed away in 1990, is
The following article by John Ewoldt originally appeared in the Minneapolis Star Tribune: The orange juice industry is picking an extra dollar from your grocery budget, and you probably feel good about it. But you shouldn't. If you've recently switched to orange juice labeled "not from concentrate" (NFC), you've been
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When Sarah Palin announced that she would be resigning as Governor of Alaska with 18 months left in her term, she offered no clear explanation for her decision, and the rumors soon began to fly. One theory among them that Palin was being investigated by the FBI; however, in an
Congratulations are in order for YUP author Rolena Adorno, who was recently nominated by President Obama to serve as a member of the National Council on the Humanities. As Chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Yale University, Adorno focuses on Colonial Spanish American literature and history. Her