Opinion

Heirs to the Standard Oil fortune teach Tufts a lesson about fossil fuel divestment

Until recently, oil ran in the veins of the Rockefeller family. The heirs of a fortune that was created by a monopoly on the oil industry have decided to wipe their hands clean. The Rockefeller Brothers Fund, a philanthropic organization created by the sons of John D.Rockefeller, Jr., whose wealth was ...

Cartoon: MBTA ends late night service

Editorial: The cost of study abroad

Globalization has a history of hundreds of years but has in the last two ramped up drastically. Settler-colonial empires, international organizations and transnational companies have all impacted the way that people worldwide perceive and engage with their global peers. Some nations fight for limited ...

New York Style Delhi: Leap of Faith

Pooja: As I am writing this on the 29th of February, I am reminded of a strange feeling. The 366th day of the year can have different meanings based on who you talk to. For Cam, it is now his eleventh birthday (Modern Family)! For the 1310 seniors and myself graduating in May, it is a reminder that ...

Cartoon: Behaviors at Late Night Dining

Cartoon: The Game of ResLife

On Super Tuesday, vote for America

Once again, it is that time of year. Today is Super Tuesday, and it is justifiably called so. On this day, residents of Massachusetts, 11 other states and one U.S. territory cast their votes in the Presidential Primary Elections. In total, over 40 percent of the Democratic Party’s delegates are up ...

Op-ed: Why Hillary?

By now, we’re sure you have seen the media coverage — both positive and negative — on the woman we hope will be inaugurated as our next president, but how much do you know about her and her supporters? Though you may be a strong Hillary supporter, you may still be undecided or supporting Bernie ...

Earth on Fire: Choosing a climate champion

Political pundits say it every four years, but this time they're right the stakes of this November's presidential election could not be higher. The next president will oversee our country's strategy in the fight against ISIS, confront stubbornly high economic inequality and leave an indelible ...

Cartoon: More Midterms

Jumbo Steps: Closure

Smack my orbitals and call me a cation, because this atom just got a lot more positive. My electric charge changed this past week, upon realizing that I can only improve my happiness by distancing myself from you.And so far, I made the right decision.I’m talking to you, my (former) friend. I don’t ...

Dialogic disjunctions: diasporas, debates and “international” students at Tufts

About two years ago, as some elephants on campus might remember, an Indian American student had fervently expressed her anxiety over a “color run” organized by a Tufts fraternity; it was, for her, a blatant cultural appropriation of the festival Holi, and she argued that Hindu students should have ...

MSNBC's firing of Melissa Harris-Perry and minimization of José Diaz-Balart betrays network's values

Over the weekend Melissa Harris-Perry, professor, author and former MSNBC host of "Melissa Harris-Perry," wrote an email to her staff which was posted on Medium. In it, she explained her decision to not host any programming for her show over the weekend, effectively finishing a four-week ...

Op-Ed: Can friendship help resolve America’s fractured political climate?

On the morning of Feb. 13, the United States was shocked with the news of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death. Immediately following the news, a barrage of reactions concerning President Obama’s potential appointment of Justice Scalia’s successor began pouring from both political parties. ...

Cartoon: Winter 2016

Delay of Scalia replacement threatens civic culture

Following the recent passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Senate Republicans have made the decision to preemptively reject any presidential nomination of a replacement justice, a choice that crosses a legal and moral line. In an election cycle that has already been more vulgar than any ...

The Arena: Bush league

Raise your hand if you had Donald Trump and John Kasich lasting longer than Jeb Bush in this campaign. Nobody? Didn’t think so. Jeb Bush was by no means a shoo-in to win his nomination, but the manner in which he lost was shocking. Political science departments across the country will start including ...

Why Myanmar matters for American foreign policy

With a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) that is just a fraction of that of the United States and sandwiched between the rising powers of China and India, Myanmar is not on the minds of many Americans or many Tufts students for that matter. But the 2015 November elections in the country could be the most ...

Tufts Faculty Statement in Support of Indigenous Peoples' Day

As Tufts faculty members, we write in support of the official celebration of Indigenous Peoples' Day, in substitution for the university’s celebration of Columbus Day.Changing the name of this holiday is a chance for our campus to acknowledge and challenge the legacies of genocide and slavery ...

New York Style Dehli: Marco DeMarco

Rebecca: I often write about my mom, mostly because I regard her as a sage. When giving advice, I always fall back on her musings. However, today’s introduction is about my mom’s interaction with Mac DeMarco. My brother is a huge Mac DeMarco fan, and after finding out that Mac was summering on our ...