Yale Daily News

Last month, the Wall Street Journal reported on Elon Musk’s drug use. Not just marijuana, which he (in)famously smoked on Joe Rogan’s podcast in 2018 — mushrooms, cocaine, LSD, ecstasy and ketamine, the last for which Musk claims he has a prescription.

February 27, 2024

Viral jokes are the latest chapter in humor’s illustrious history. It’s a tradition that dates back to radios, television, newspapers, village rumor mills and traveling traders or entertainers. But today’s scope of virality is unmatched.

February 27, 2024

As part of this year’s Black History Month special issue, the News is working to highlight Black voices across our campus community. We spoke with five Black Yale students, who hail from various areas across the United States, about their experiences navigating Yale as Black students and maintaining their sense of authenticity.

February 25, 2024

In 2002, my mom sat in a hospital bed in excruciating pain while giving birth to me. After receiving an epidural, she still felt everything. […]

February 23, 2024

Although Black History Month has devolved into a 28 — or sometimes 29 — day-long corporate festival that drains the energy of any and every […]

February 23, 2024

In high school, I was one of four Black students in my grade. There wasn’t much of a black unity between us; the school was […]

February 23, 2024

What is the line between embellishment and fraud? The former we tacitly acknowledge as necessary for our professional lives. The latter is a permanent black […]

February 23, 2024

To the Yale community,  I am writing to notify you of my resignation from my role as the Chairperson of the Diversity,  Equity, and Inclusion, […]

February 23, 2024

On Feb. 5, two events were held within hours of each other at Yale Law School; each reflecting a radically different understanding of reality. The […]

February 20, 2024

If you could predetermine your experiences while floating in a tank with your brain plugged into electrodes, would you?

February 19, 2024

After graduating seven years ago, I’ve learned that making money in America revolves around knowing finance, data and science. Making money means understanding economics and ways to do business, and working in geopolitics. Writers and people who study good books rarely make a lot of money. But their literature is what makes the world go round. 

February 15, 2024