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Books Briefing
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Shirley Li
July 30, 2025
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How the Ivy League Broke America
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A Yankee Apology for Reconstruction
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Skull and Bones and Equity and Inclusion
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Adam Serwer
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Elite College Students Are Doing It to Themselves
Rachel Shin
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Ideas
Yale Doesn’t Need to Change Its Name
Graeme Wood
July 1, 2020
Education
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Family
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