New series of protests at Yale accompany start of academic year

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — With a new academic year underway at Yale University, activists are picking up where they left off last spring. The focus, again, is on the name of one particular college at the prestigious Ivy League university — Calhoun College, named after American statesman John C. Calhoun, who advocated for slavery more than 200 years ago.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — With a new academic year underway at Yale University, activists are picking up where they left off last spring. The focus, again, is on the name of one particular college at the prestigious Ivy League university — Calhoun College, named after American statesman John C. Calhoun, who advocated for slavery more than 200 years ago.…