The New Journal

It’s been hard to keep track of the headlines about federal research cuts: the executive orders and judicial tussles, the many acronyms and large sums of money. With a team of journalists, designers, and data analysts, The New Journal set out to clarify the effects of the last nine months.

Sweetgreen and Dictators

Harry Lowitz·

Endnotes

There’s a new Sweetgreen on York and Broadway, and Trump just suggested that maybe America would “like a dictator.” All...

Lilies

Matías Guevara Ruales·

Asides

As the boy knelt to lay down the flowers he’d brought to the gravestone—lilies, they were—he felt suddenly struck by...

Sight Line

Gabriela Ewart·

Creative Work

Vultures are circling some carcass a few meters off the highway. Each city along this route from Culiacán to Hermosillo...

11:31

Diya Naik·

Poetry

Late, the singular white lightshines We cusped the yellow edgeand she said, will you bring it closer?As if we were...

A Chance to Do Their Work

Samantha Liu·

Features

The NIH cut funding for early career researchers from diverse backgrounds. Now, former recipients find they can’t re-apply for funding unless they abandon their research and propose new projects

No Corrective Action

Ashley Wang·

Features

Junior researchers’ chances of sustaining the rest of their PhD degrees seemed to evaporate overnight—simply due to their affiliation with the LGBTQ Mental Health Initiative.

Unforced Error

Tina Li·

Features

STEM researchers entered academia to push the frontiers of knowledge, but recent federal cuts force them to reconsider their dreams.

Disrupted Customs

Kelly Kong·

Features

Chinese international students are the foremost targets of Trump’s student visa restrictions. Now, their place at Yale and their ability to speak freely seem more precarious.