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2024 | Spring Issue

False Dichotomies

When you look at the bare biographical etchings of two people's lives, can you tell which ones has power? Who is the oppressor and who is oppressed?

The smallest minority on earth is the individual.

– Ayn Rand

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An ‘Oppressor’ Professor in California?

Nicole W.C. Yeatman

The Protestors wouldn’t leave the field. Football players from the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Southern California watched, confused. Their game—a nationally televised rivalry matchup—was supposed to begin. But just after the coin toss, 15 protestors stormed the 50-yard-line and ran to the center of the field.This was Saturday, October 28, 2023. Viewers watching on TV assumed the protest was about Gaza, where Israel was retaliating for Hamas’s October 7 attacks. The protestors on the Berkeley football field certainly looked like they were protesting war: They shouted wildly, hooking their arms tightly together, ignoring the police. One young man appeared to be in tears.

Extreme Depths: Two Navy Divers in a New Fight

Joshua P. Thompson

Hung Cao and Marty Hierholzer both live in Virginia, only a few hours from each other. They have different backgrounds: Hung is of Vietnamese descent; Marty is white.

A Homebuilder in California and a Landlord in Seattle

Brian T. Hodges

In January, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine’s chief diversity officer sent an email announcing the “Diversity Word of the Month”—privilege.

Two Women Fight Set-Asides and Quotas

Laura D’Agostino

Dr. Azadeh Khatibi grew up in Tehran in the early 1980s. Her father wanted sons; he got two daughters. “He was like, ‘What is their future going to be like?’” she says.

Power and Privilege in America’s Schools

Erin Wilcox

Yiatin Chiu's 26-year-old daughter isn’t thrilled her mother is suing the New York State Department of Education.
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