“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 […]
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Champions cast express excitement about new movie
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 student speaks on the lack of representation on Broadway
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 […]

Stamping out racism in the Premier League
“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 […]

Let me tell you what Joan Didion means to me
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. […]