The following is part one of a two-part essay on the reasons for the growth of Socialism in 2010s America. Above: Residents protest evictions in San Francisco, where Sillicon Valley’s gentrification has resulted in skyrocketing housing costs and growing homelessness (credit: Zelda Bronstein, The Nation/Ted Gullicksen, Antievictionmappingproject.net). One out of three millennials in Donald Trump’s America...
Those dastardly capitalists are at it again. In late June, Cornell’s Department of Biomedical Engineering received a $50 million gift from the Meinig family, prominent benefactors of the University. Peter Meinig ’61, a former chairman of Cornell’s Board of Trustees, is a business executive with a broad range of positions and titles, perhaps most notably...
David Einhorn ’91 , founder and president of the hedge fund Greenlight Capital, donated $50 million to Cornell to partially fund the school’s new public engagement program called “Cornell Engaged.” Cornell Engaged was announced on Monday as a $150-million program that aims to give all Cornell undergrads real working experiences in their respective fields by...