The Republicans have finally wrangled a legislative win and passed bills in the House and Senate authorizing a large tax cut and associated provisions.
Content warning: This op-ed discusses sexual misconduct.Every year, TIME Magazine publishes an issue highlighting something or someone that, according to Person of the Year: 75th Anniversary Celebration, “for better or for worse... has done the most to influence the events of the year.” Previous ...
Given today’s economy and job market, not getting a college degree isn’t an option for those who wish to earn a living wage. It is simply not feasible to cover daily expenses, support a family and plan for retirement with only $35,000 a year, which was the median income of high school graduates ...
The meteoric rise in tuition recently is an important issue across the nation. Tufts’ roughly $70,000 bill increases by around 4 percent annually, more than double the national rate of inflation. The university explains these increases as being driven by innovation and expansion, but they are really ...
The ACLU of Massachusetts is advising Tufts graduate student Camilo Caballero. While we continue to review Anthony Scaramucci’s threats, there is no doubt that sending a graduate student a legal demand letter accusing him of libel just two days before Thanksgiving - and demanding turnaround of five ...
The pass/fail option at first glance seems like a perfect opportunity for students to take challenging classes or experiment in different fields without the risk of it affecting their GPAs. But the deadline for deciding to take a course pass/fail makes it difficult for students to maneuver.Sophomores, ...
I often have to consider the repercussions of my actions when writing articles. These may include a concerned text from my parents, or potential employers accessing my views with only a quick Google search. Now, apparently, the list of repercussions when writing for a small university newspaper may ...
When I was in high school, I fell in love with journalism. Creative writing was never my strong suit, but the structure of a news story immediately made sense to me. And when I combined that with the process of developing a story idea, doing the research, conducting interviews and piecing it all together, ...
While we’ve been enjoying our Thanksgiving meals, we soon may not be able to enjoy another key pleasure in life: net neutrality. So, what exactly is net neutrality, and why does it matter?Net neutrality is “the principle that internet service providers (ISPs) must treat all sorts of digital traffic ...
Content warning: This editorial discusses sexual assault.As the inextinguishable Greek life debate continues, students have been forced to critically examine the role Greek houses, particularly fraternities, play in Tufts social life. One issue that comes up again and again is the undeniable link ...
On Nov. 21, the Daily received a letter from the law firm Sadis & Goldberg LLP, which was retained by former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci. The letter demanded that the Daily retract parts of two op-eds pertaining to Scaramucci's position on The Fletcher School of Law ...
Disclaimer: Ambassador Roberta Jacobson’s son is Gil Jacobson, the editor-in-chief of The Tufts Daily. He was not involved in the editing of this op-ed in any way.
I usually introduce myself as being from Istanbul, where I spent my first 18 years. This introduction leads to the reasonable assumption that I am Muslim, since 99.9 percent of Turkey is Muslim. So, it is surprising when later I mention that I am Jewish. This confuses Americans, with little understanding ...
Foreign aid, in the modern sense, has meant government to government transactions in which the United States gives a huge amount of relief supplies to countries in need. According to Professor Angus Deaton of Princeton University, “$134 billion of official aid still flows from donor governments ...
The recent opinion piece, “Israeli academic treks: single narrative at the service of occupation,” is an impassioned op-ed that seeks to make a case for why an upcoming Fletcher student-led spring break trek requires intervention from administrative authorities of the school. The article highlights ...
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