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    • Sep 25, 2021
    • 5 min

    Qatar’s Migrant Labor Crisis

    By Emiliano Salomón | emiliano.salomon@yale.edu The World Cup draws millions of soccer fans every year. However, few are aware that the...
     Human Rights and the Education System of the United States
    • Aug 22, 2021
    • 6 min

    Human Rights and the Education System of the United States

    By McKenna Christmas | mckenna.christmas@yale.edu This article aims to give a general overview of the human rights concerns within our...
    The Singapore We Refuse To Acknowledge
    • Aug 22, 2021
    • 7 min

    The Singapore We Refuse To Acknowledge

    An account of the human rights violations behind one of the most successful nations in the world, and how Yale and Yale-NUS are defined...
    The Crisis of Girls’ Education in West and Central Africa
    • Aug 22, 2021
    • 7 min

    The Crisis of Girls’ Education in West and Central Africa

    Obstacles to securing the right to education amidst violence, gender expectations & colonial legacy By Eliza Kravitz |...
    Let’s Get Serious About Girls’ Education in Pakistan
    • Aug 22, 2021
    • 4 min

    Let’s Get Serious About Girls’ Education in Pakistan

    Most girls in Pakistan aspire to “be someone.” They desire education and think of it as a means of breaking free from the cycles of...
    Modern Slavery in Mauritania
    • Aug 22, 2021
    • 8 min

    Modern Slavery in Mauritania

    Slavery still exists. It is not a practice banished by history, locked within the “shameful episode” chapter of a textbook. It is a...
    Education Programs in Prisons: Overcoming Obstacles to Sustaining a Program — And Then What?
    • Aug 22, 2021
    • 13 min

    Education Programs in Prisons: Overcoming Obstacles to Sustaining a Program — And Then What?

    Driven largely by institutional barriers and notions of worthiness, education programs in prisons are vulnerable and controversial....
    Gay Rights as Human Rights: The Pitfalls & Promises of Global LGBTQ Activism
    • Aug 22, 2021
    • 4 min

    Gay Rights as Human Rights: The Pitfalls & Promises of Global LGBTQ Activism

    Are human rights a form of imperialism? Is LGBTQ advocacy relevant in the Global South? Addressing these questions, this article analyzes...
    Bots and Biometrics
    • Aug 22, 2021
    • 8 min

    Bots and Biometrics

    By Alina Glaubitz | alina.glaubitz@yale.edu Approximately 70 million people are on the move due to conflict, political instability,...
     Making a Profit from Incarceration — The Human Rights Concern of Contract Prisons
    • Aug 22, 2021
    • 6 min

    Making a Profit from Incarceration — The Human Rights Concern of Contract Prisons

    By McKenna Christmas | mckenna.christmas@yale.edu The country was first introduced to for-profit or “contract” prisons as a response to...
    Prisons Never Worked
    • Aug 22, 2021
    • 12 min

    Prisons Never Worked

    By Andrew Bilodeau | andrew.bilodeau@yale.edu For a week in 1842, Fred A. Packard, a public intellectual famous for his advocacy for...
    Obstruction of the American Voter
    • Aug 22, 2021
    • 7 min

    Obstruction of the American Voter

    By Andrew Bilodeau | andrew.bilodeau@yale.edu The Voting Rights Act of 1965, also known as the VRA, is commonly considered the most...
    • Oct 1, 2019
    • 4 min

    Gun Control: A Matter of Life, Death, and Fundamental Rights

    By Nellie Conover-Crockett | nellie.conovercrockett@yale.edu On February 14th, 2018, Nikolas Cruz went on a rampage, firing wildly at...

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