Greek life is already banned at Yale.

They also continue to exist because public universities literally can’t ban them without violating the first amendment. They can refuse to recognize them as student organizations, but they can’t prevent students from joining them or punish them once they become members. And in most cases where Greek life has been…

Yeah, this letter was clearly written with the expectation it would be leaked. The fact that he can’t see that and somehow thought it would make him look better to leak it is insane.

“It’s crazy to think that someone would be afraid to intervene until they go through the training,” but . . . actual studies show that’s the case. People like to think they would intervene, but real life scenarios are usually more nuanced than your imagined scenarios—we’re rarely talking about a scenario where a guy…

None of those things have to do with optics.

I don’t think Harris really needs to be worried about the optics of looking like she’s silencing or talking over black women.

The allegation was reported to the Washington Post after the 2017 election, and they investigated it, but didn’t have enough corroboration to feel comfortable publishing it. The victim is pretty clearly not a right-wing plant—she’s a political science professor who’s volunteered for a number of sexual assault…

Yeah, this is definitely not a huge deal in the grand scheme of things, but it does suggest that Sanders continues to just . . . not grasp the optics of sexism and racism even after being perpetually criticized over it for 3-4 years running. Which isn’t a great sign for an impending presidential run where he needs to…

I know this is gonna sound crazy, but some Democrats actually just hate racism more than they like the Democratic Party.

Yeah, I believe the issue here is that if both Northam and Fairfax resign simultaneously, Herring becomes AG . . . but Herring’s replacement might be selected by the Republicans. (I’ve heard conflicting answers on this.)

Under normal circumstances, no. The party would have forced him out within the next week.

Yeah, I have zero problem with questions being asked about Kamala Harris’s record. She has a lot of things to explain. They’re questions worth asking.

I was frustrated that the article didn’t dig further into the fact that the SFUSD program was intentionally created to work with counseling services so if the issues with chronic truancy were related to neglect or homelessness or lack of transportation or a parents’ substance abuse, those services could be provided.…

we run the risk of being glib if we rush for click-baity headlines like “This is what Truancy Laws do”.

From the article, it sounds like that was the goal:

Except of course in the cases of genuine abuse/neglect.However, in that instance, this isn’t the proper solution, either: that’s what CPS is for.

Weirdly enough, that actually is the made-up reason and not the real reason in this case.

Yeah, the thing that Spotify doesn’t want to grapple with is that the history of popular music is filled with abusive men. It’s not just R. Kelly. John Lennon was abusive. David Bowie, Chuck Berry, Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones, Elvis, Miles Davis, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Aerosmith—all their legacies are…

So you believe Mindy Kaling that she has trouble finding someone to dress her as a size 8, but not somebody else saying the same thing? 

The hypothetical posed above is about Bebe Rexha’s assistants, who do not work in the fashion industry.