“Grace Notes: Reflections for Now” defies easy explanation, which makes sense as defiance is part of its nature. Midway through “Grace Notes,” a group of young black men, members of the Yale chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, rhythmically step, clap,...
History professor Steven Pincus, author of the new book “The Heart of the Declaration: The Founders’ Case for an Activist Government,” muses about how the Founding Fathers would react to presidential candidate Donald Trump’s positions on economic policy,...
Ian Shapiro, Sterling Professor of Political Science, grew up in South Africa during the apartheid era. He recalls that people there could easily list the regime’s injustices, but often struggled to describe a just alternative.This observation — people...
What follows was written by George Chochos, who on May 23 earned his Master of Divinity degree from Yale Divinity School. That is a major accomplishment for any Yale student, but for Chochos, it was especially sweet. Just over 15 years ago, Chochos was...