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The storefront of Village Tannery on the corner of Bleecker Street and Sullivan Street in Manhattan, New York.

Village Tannery: New York City’s jewel

Heeta Thakkar at a table with members of NYC DYCD

Environmental activist Heeta Thakkar believes the government is beautiful

May 3, 2023 By Suvrat Kothari

“Living in NYC, our government is honestly so beautiful,” says Environmental Activist Heeta Thakkar, who founded Zero Waste Schools (ZWS), a student-run organization that provides waste management solutions to NYC schools. Thakkar’s appearance is unassuming—a pair of blue jeans and a black winter coat hardly indicative of the fire in her belly. But her ambition […]

Woman in a red gown addressing a crowd at the Endometriosis Foundation of America's 11th Annual Blossom Ball. Image by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images

Endometriosis Foundation of America continues to make change at annual Blossom Ball

March 21, 2023 By Amelia Chang

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Champions red carpet. Image by Amelia Chang

Champions cast express excitement about new movie

February 28, 2023 By Amelia Chang

Produced by and starring Woody Harrelson, Champions is a comedy film set to be released in early March. At the world premiere on February 27 at the AMC Lincoln Square in New York, the cast, featuring several actors with intellectual disabilities, couldn’t be more ecstatic about this film.  Champions, directed by Bobby Farrelly, tells the […]

NYU Tisch drama student Brandon Bautista stands in a film studio holding a script

NYU Tisch student speaks on the lack of representation on Broadway

February 22, 2023 By Nandini Gupta, Wendy Li

Brandon Bautista, a senior drama student at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, has worked on different shows, including “exhibition: Fil-O-PiNOS,” which he wrote himself. While the prospect of working in the New York theatre industry excites him, he is wary of how work by people of color tends to be overlooked. He explains why […]

Everton's Idrissa Gueye kicking a soccer ball during the English Premier League

Stamping out racism in the Premier League

February 18, 2023 By Kiersten Dugan

  “When you win, you’re English. When you lose, you’re Black.” Activist Ahmed Ali tweeted this in November 2021 after England lost to Italy — during a contentious game that ended in a tie, followed by a decisive 3-2 penalty shootout — in the 2020 European Championship.  England’s loss was followed by an onslaught of […]

Joan Didion books on a bookshelf

Let me tell you what Joan Didion means to me

February 9, 2023 By Alexa Donovan

I own more books by Joan Didion than I can count. Some are in my dorm room, piled on my window sill overlooking East Tenth Street. Some are on my IKEA bookshelf at my family home in the suburbs of New York. It’s as if these books are children living in a split custody situation. […]

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Village Tannery: New York City’s jewel

May 11, 2023 By Martin (Junjian) Su

Environmental activist Heeta Thakkar believes the government is beautiful

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Endometriosis Foundation of America continues to make change at annual Blossom Ball

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March 20, 2023 By Suvrat Kothari

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