There was a time when Albert Laguna thought his father was the funniest man in the world. Until, that is, he began to research the topic of popular culture in Cuba for his recently published book and realized that his father had been stealing quite a few...
On Sept. 16, 1920, just as hundreds of Wall Street brokers headed out to lunch, a horse-drawn cart packed with dynamite exploded outside of the headquarters of the renowned banking institution J.P. Morgan & Co. The bombing resulted in the loss of 38...
It’s a few minutes before 9:25 a.m. when students quietly shuffle into a basement classroom in Dow Hall. While it’s not surprising that these students are quiet at that time on a Monday morning, what is surprising is that the silence will continue...
The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, which was founded with the goal of publishing the definitive edition of Franklin’s writings, will celebrate the birthday of its namesake with an open house on Wednesday, Jan. 17 showcasing its work and the collection in...
Artist and activist Faith Ringgold took audience members on a visual journey through her nearly seven-decade career during her Chubb Fellowship Lecture at Yale on Feb. 15.
Using slides as illustrations, Ringgold described her evolution as an artist — from...
Jameel Jaffer, founding director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, will speak on the topic “@realDonaldTrump: The President, His Twitter Account, and the First Amendment,” on Monday, Feb. 12.
His talk, sponsored by the...
“I come from a people who have been institutionally, chronically, systemically, hated for 400 years, [and] taught the world so much about how to love,” said Cornel West to a packed house at Battell Chapel on Feb. 3. That theme — of grace, courage,...