Young Minnesotans fear that voter suppression may impact votes for Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden and continue the state’s pattern of discrimination against its marginalized groups. Following months of Black Lives Matter protests and incidents of police brutality, Minnesota college voters are worried their state will ‘swing Red’ in favor of President Donald Trump after […]
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A Looming Election Casts Shadows Over College Iowans
Michigan Gen Z in 2020 Election: What it Means to be in a Generation of Change
Texas Becomes More Blue in 2020 as Demographics Shift
First-Time Wisconsin Voters Caught in Bipartisan Fight Hope for a Better Future
First-time Voters in Pennsylvania Feel Anxious as They Await Election Results
Young Nevadans Hope to Combat National Divisiveness With Their First Votes
First-time College Voters Cast Their Votes in 13 Battleground States, and Now Wait for the Results
Georgian College Students Express Anxiety About The 2020 Election
Arizona College Students ‘Want Everything to Change,’ but are Prepared for the Worst
Young Voters in Florida are Coming Face-to-Face with the Challenge of Voting in a Swing State
College Students Wrestle with the Decision to Vote In-Person or By Mail on Election Day
News literacy isn’t just about reading the news, it’s about reading the correct news
Young Voters May Prove Critical to Presidential Election Outcome
Are Presidential Debates Even Necessary Anymore?
For Young, Progressive Black Women, Harris’s Race And Gender Are Not Enough
‘Settle for Biden’: Gen Z Voters Support the Democratic Party with Hopes of Reforming from Within
Political Activism Takes Off on TikTok Amidst the Upcoming Election
Desperate Gen Zers look for ways to keep TikTok despite looming ban
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a “hero” to many young women
Constant bad news for Black America is taking a toll
Minnesota teens of color are stressed out and struggling, but find glimmers of hope
Fraternities hold online rushes during pandemic
Online classes are a struggle for many international students
NYU students of color struggle under the weight of racial injustice
Teaching is not easy during the COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 Worsens Digital Inequities along the Southern Border
“The Divide is Clear”: Young voters on edge on Election Night following recent court rulings
A Looming Election Casts Shadows Over College Iowans
Andrew Thompson, a junior at Drake University studying Political Science, is yearning for a return to normalcy after four chaotic years of the Trump presidency. “I hope that when I listen to a daily news podcast I can go a week without hearing anything from the Oval Office. That would be lovely,” said Thompson, who […]
Michigan Gen Z in 2020 Election: What it Means to be in a Generation of Change
Michigan Gen Z voters may have casted their ballots hoping for change, but now they are waiting for what comes next. “The country is so divided right now and I think that what we can do is unite, but unite by understanding that we have more in common than what divides us,” Kamali Clora, 21, […]
Texas Becomes More Blue in 2020 as Demographics Shift
The rising number of young American voters in Texas are tipping the Lone Star State to the left in this year’s election as fewer older generation voters headed to the polls on Tuesday night. With many more young voters casting ballots for former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, compared to the 2016 election, […]
First-Time Wisconsin Voters Caught in Bipartisan Fight Hope for a Better Future
On the night of a Presidential Election unlike any other, student voters across Wisconsin expressed discontent over restrictions like voiding any mail-in ballots received after 8pm on Election Day. “To me, it’s so obvious the people in power right now do not care about their constituents.” said Macie Daley, a sophomore studying Political Science at […]
First-time Voters in Pennsylvania Feel Anxious as They Await Election Results
College students across Pennsylvania are anxiously awaiting the results of the 2020 Presidential Election to filter in this evening and in the days ahead, as polls close and votes are counted. During most election years in recent history, the state of Pennsylvania has been thrust into the spotlight as a battleground state that former Presidential […]
Young Nevadans Hope to Combat National Divisiveness With Their First Votes
In Nevada, many young voters have cast their ballots in their first presidential election, which will likely be the most consequential of their lifetimes. The past four years have deeply divided the country, and with this year’s Presidential Election many voters tired of the political divisiveness are hoping to change the country’s trajectory. That’s especially […]
First-time College Voters Cast Their Votes in 13 Battleground States, and Now Wait for the Results
Across the country, millions of American college students in Red states and Blue states cast their vote for the first time in a pivotal election, marked with a sense of unease and unpredictability. Issues like racial equality, reproductive rights, climate, and others, drove young voters across the country to turn out in historic numbers for […]
Georgian College Students Express Anxiety About The 2020 Election
With Tuesday’s night vote, college students in Georgia are not entirely hopeful former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, will win their home state in the 2020 Presidential Election. They are even more concerned about the aftermath of the election and what the next four years may bring. “I’m super nervous about the fact […]
Arizona College Students ‘Want Everything to Change,’ but are Prepared for the Worst
College voters in Arizona are bracing themselves for post-election unrest and what a second term for President Donald Trump could mean as polls in the battleground state come to a close on Tuesday night. Young Arizonians are part of the rapidly growing demographic that could flip the historically Republican state from Red to Blue in […]
Young Voters in Florida are Coming Face-to-Face with the Challenge of Voting in a Swing State
First-time voters in Florida are bracing themselves that they may not know the results of the Presidential Election in the days, and maybe even weeks, to come. This uncertainty is not a new feeling for Floridians in this election cycle, who reside in a critical battleground state. They have worried about everything from whether mail-in […]
College Students Wrestle with the Decision to Vote In-Person or By Mail on Election Day
Students at universities across the country are grappling with the time-sensitive decision regarding whether to vote in person or by mail in the upcoming presidential election on Nov. 3. With the election days away and the COVID-19 pandemic still raging in many regions, Americans are faced with two important decisions this November. Not only must […]
News literacy isn’t just about reading the news, it’s about reading the correct news
The rise of misinformation ahead of the 2020 Presidential Election has created a renewed urgency for news literacy around the country. Misinformation has never been as overwhelming as it is right now in all of history. Having this much access to almost any information leads to a concerning issue of whether the content that we […]
Young Voters May Prove Critical to Presidential Election Outcome
Youth voter turnout for Presidential Elections hasn’t always yielded mass numbers in the polls, but this year young voters have become a political force. With pressing global issues like a deadly virus that has killed over one million people, systemic racial injustice and the catastrophic effects of climate change at the forefront of their minds, […]
Are Presidential Debates Even Necessary Anymore?
An unruly first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden raised serious questions about the efficacy of traditional debates, prompting a call for stringent rules to maintain decorum. It appears it may have worked—at least this time. Last week’s Thursday night debate, the last ahead of the Presidential election on Tuesday, […]
For Young, Progressive Black Women, Harris’s Race And Gender Are Not Enough
Young, Black women voters in America are not convinced that Kamala Harris will save them. While the California senator’s historic nomination as the first Black woman to serve as the Democratic vice presidential nominee came as a welcomed “shock” to some, not all have fully embraced her candidacy, pointing to her past record as district […]
‘Settle for Biden’: Gen Z Voters Support the Democratic Party with Hopes of Reforming from Within
With the presidential election less than a week away, Gen Z voters are urging one another to ‘Settle for Biden’ and avoid third-party voting despite disagreeing with some of the Democratic Party’s platform and policies. While former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, may not be their first choice, Gen Z voters have […]
Political Activism Takes Off on TikTok Amidst the Upcoming Election
Corey Klem photographed by Aiden James Fealy Corey Klem has 80,000 followers on TikTok despite only joining the app around February, or “right before the turn of 2020” as he puts it. His account started off with comedy videos, which made sense given that he’d been a stand-up comic and a ghost writer for comedians. […]
Desperate Gen Zers look for ways to keep TikTok despite looming ban
Some teens and young adults across the U.S. have purchased Virtual Private Networks (VPN) in response to the Trump Administration’s order to ban TikTok which is currently waiting for a judge to decide. “I am considering getting a VPN,” said Jay Izzo, 21, of the Bronx. “If Trump is scared enough to ban TikTok, what’s […]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a “hero” to many young women
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last week at 87 after complications with metastatic pancreatic cancer, changed the way the law sees gender and in doing so, inspired generations of women to fight for their ideals. Ginsburg became an unlikely pop culture icon in her 80s. She was affectionately dubbed the “Notorious RBG” which allowed her […]
Constant bad news for Black America is taking a toll
What is Blackness: Who owns it? Cassi Quayson,19, a Ghanian-American writer studying “Language and Liberation” at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study muses on these questions. She’s often caught up with innermost examinations of Black life while the rest of the world watches. In 2020’s cataclysm of the coronavirus pandemic and pervasive racial injustice, it’s […]
Minnesota teens of color are stressed out and struggling, but find glimmers of hope
The police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, have spurred protests globally and left Minnesotan teens of color stressed out and struggling. But the support from their community has renewed their hope for change. “The exhaustion comes from when everyone wants to now understand and puts the effort on the people of color, the […]
Fraternities hold online rushes during pandemic
As the Covid-19 pandemic looms large, New York University fraternities are keeping the rush process alive by using social media and online platforms like Zoom. According to the NYU Interfraternity Council (IFC), the governing body for most fraternities, all official fraternity events and activities must be done online to stop the spread of Covid-19. Delta […]
Online classes are a struggle for many international students
Back to school for international students in their home countries means Zoom classes in the middle of the night and a fight to stay awake. Vish Yadav, an New York University student is back home in Pune, India and dealing with time zone changes that make attending and being alert for classes a struggle. He […]
NYU students of color struggle under the weight of racial injustice
NYU students of color are struggling months after the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd and having to face head on the cries of racial injustice that are sweeping the country and the backlash. Sonali Burns, a junior, said that the heaviness of the murders didn’t impact her at first because she […]
Teaching is not easy during the COVID-19 pandemic
When 26-year-old Teesha Robinson logged on to Zoom for her first day of remote teaching, on August 24, she was hesitant. As she prepared to welcome her fifth grade students to their virtual classroom, a sudden crash on the east coast Zoom network halted all operations. This left Robinson unnerved, scrambling to reassure parents and […]
Store Closures and Board-Ups During 2020 Election
Heather Law on how businesses in New York City have been preparing for the 2020 election and the outcome of Joe Biden’s win.
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Texas Becomes More Blue in 2020 as Demographics Shift
The rising number of young American voters in Texas are tipping the Lone Star State to the left in this year’s election as fewer older generation voters headed to the polls on Tuesday night. With many more young voters casting ballots for former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, compared to the 2016 election, […]
First-Time Wisconsin Voters Caught in Bipartisan Fight Hope for a Better Future
On the night of a Presidential Election unlike any other, student voters across Wisconsin expressed discontent over restrictions like voiding any mail-in ballots received after 8pm on Election Day. “To me, it’s so obvious the people in power right now do not care about their constituents.” said Macie Daley, a sophomore studying Political Science at […]
First-time Voters in Pennsylvania Feel Anxious as They Await Election Results
College students across Pennsylvania are anxiously awaiting the results of the 2020 Presidential Election to filter in this evening and in the days ahead, as polls close and votes are counted. During most election years in recent history, the state of Pennsylvania has been thrust into the spotlight as a battleground state that former Presidential […]
Young Nevadans Hope to Combat National Divisiveness With Their First Votes
In Nevada, many young voters have cast their ballots in their first presidential election, which will likely be the most consequential of their lifetimes. The past four years have deeply divided the country, and with this year’s Presidential Election many voters tired of the political divisiveness are hoping to change the country’s trajectory. That’s especially […]
“The Divide is Clear”: Young voters on edge on Election Night following recent court rulings
Young Minnesotans fear that voter suppression may impact votes for Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden and continue the state’s pattern of discrimination against its marginalized groups. Following months of Black Lives Matter protests and incidents of police brutality, Minnesota college voters are worried their state will ‘swing Red’ in favor of President Donald Trump after […]
A Looming Election Casts Shadows Over College Iowans
Andrew Thompson, a junior at Drake University studying Political Science, is yearning for a return to normalcy after four chaotic years of the Trump presidency. “I hope that when I listen to a daily news podcast I can go a week without hearing anything from the Oval Office. That would be lovely,” said Thompson, who […]
Michigan Gen Z in 2020 Election: What it Means to be in a Generation of Change
Michigan Gen Z voters may have casted their ballots hoping for change, but now they are waiting for what comes next. “The country is so divided right now and I think that what we can do is unite, but unite by understanding that we have more in common than what divides us,” Kamali Clora, 21, […]
First-time College Voters Cast Their Votes in 13 Battleground States, and Now Wait for the Results
Across the country, millions of American college students in Red states and Blue states cast their vote for the first time in a pivotal election, marked with a sense of unease and unpredictability. Issues like racial equality, reproductive rights, climate, and others, drove young voters across the country to turn out in historic numbers for […]
Georgian College Students Express Anxiety About The 2020 Election
With Tuesday’s night vote, college students in Georgia are not entirely hopeful former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, will win their home state in the 2020 Presidential Election. They are even more concerned about the aftermath of the election and what the next four years may bring. “I’m super nervous about the fact […]
Arizona College Students ‘Want Everything to Change,’ but are Prepared for the Worst
College voters in Arizona are bracing themselves for post-election unrest and what a second term for President Donald Trump could mean as polls in the battleground state come to a close on Tuesday night. Young Arizonians are part of the rapidly growing demographic that could flip the historically Republican state from Red to Blue in […]
Young Voters in Florida are Coming Face-to-Face with the Challenge of Voting in a Swing State
First-time voters in Florida are bracing themselves that they may not know the results of the Presidential Election in the days, and maybe even weeks, to come. This uncertainty is not a new feeling for Floridians in this election cycle, who reside in a critical battleground state. They have worried about everything from whether mail-in […]
College Students Wrestle with the Decision to Vote In-Person or By Mail on Election Day
Students at universities across the country are grappling with the time-sensitive decision regarding whether to vote in person or by mail in the upcoming presidential election on Nov. 3. With the election days away and the COVID-19 pandemic still raging in many regions, Americans are faced with two important decisions this November. Not only must […]
News literacy isn’t just about reading the news, it’s about reading the correct news
The rise of misinformation ahead of the 2020 Presidential Election has created a renewed urgency for news literacy around the country. Misinformation has never been as overwhelming as it is right now in all of history. Having this much access to almost any information leads to a concerning issue of whether the content that we […]
Young Voters May Prove Critical to Presidential Election Outcome
Youth voter turnout for Presidential Elections hasn’t always yielded mass numbers in the polls, but this year young voters have become a political force. With pressing global issues like a deadly virus that has killed over one million people, systemic racial injustice and the catastrophic effects of climate change at the forefront of their minds, […]
Are Presidential Debates Even Necessary Anymore?
An unruly first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden raised serious questions about the efficacy of traditional debates, prompting a call for stringent rules to maintain decorum. It appears it may have worked—at least this time. Last week’s Thursday night debate, the last ahead of the Presidential election on Tuesday, […]
For Young, Progressive Black Women, Harris’s Race And Gender Are Not Enough
Young, Black women voters in America are not convinced that Kamala Harris will save them. While the California senator’s historic nomination as the first Black woman to serve as the Democratic vice presidential nominee came as a welcomed “shock” to some, not all have fully embraced her candidacy, pointing to her past record as district […]
‘Settle for Biden’: Gen Z Voters Support the Democratic Party with Hopes of Reforming from Within
With the presidential election less than a week away, Gen Z voters are urging one another to ‘Settle for Biden’ and avoid third-party voting despite disagreeing with some of the Democratic Party’s platform and policies. While former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, may not be their first choice, Gen Z voters have […]
Political Activism Takes Off on TikTok Amidst the Upcoming Election
Corey Klem photographed by Aiden James Fealy Corey Klem has 80,000 followers on TikTok despite only joining the app around February, or “right before the turn of 2020” as he puts it. His account started off with comedy videos, which made sense given that he’d been a stand-up comic and a ghost writer for comedians. […]
Desperate Gen Zers look for ways to keep TikTok despite looming ban
Some teens and young adults across the U.S. have purchased Virtual Private Networks (VPN) in response to the Trump Administration’s order to ban TikTok which is currently waiting for a judge to decide. “I am considering getting a VPN,” said Jay Izzo, 21, of the Bronx. “If Trump is scared enough to ban TikTok, what’s […]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a “hero” to many young women
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last week at 87 after complications with metastatic pancreatic cancer, changed the way the law sees gender and in doing so, inspired generations of women to fight for their ideals. Ginsburg became an unlikely pop culture icon in her 80s. She was affectionately dubbed the “Notorious RBG” which allowed her […]
Constant bad news for Black America is taking a toll
What is Blackness: Who owns it? Cassi Quayson,19, a Ghanian-American writer studying “Language and Liberation” at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study muses on these questions. She’s often caught up with innermost examinations of Black life while the rest of the world watches. In 2020’s cataclysm of the coronavirus pandemic and pervasive racial injustice, it’s […]
Minnesota teens of color are stressed out and struggling, but find glimmers of hope
The police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, have spurred protests globally and left Minnesotan teens of color stressed out and struggling. But the support from their community has renewed their hope for change. “The exhaustion comes from when everyone wants to now understand and puts the effort on the people of color, the […]
Fraternities hold online rushes during pandemic
As the Covid-19 pandemic looms large, New York University fraternities are keeping the rush process alive by using social media and online platforms like Zoom. According to the NYU Interfraternity Council (IFC), the governing body for most fraternities, all official fraternity events and activities must be done online to stop the spread of Covid-19. Delta […]
Online classes are a struggle for many international students
Back to school for international students in their home countries means Zoom classes in the middle of the night and a fight to stay awake. Vish Yadav, an New York University student is back home in Pune, India and dealing with time zone changes that make attending and being alert for classes a struggle. He […]
NYU students of color struggle under the weight of racial injustice
NYU students of color are struggling months after the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd and having to face head on the cries of racial injustice that are sweeping the country and the backlash. Sonali Burns, a junior, said that the heaviness of the murders didn’t impact her at first because she […]
Teaching is not easy during the COVID-19 pandemic
When 26-year-old Teesha Robinson logged on to Zoom for her first day of remote teaching, on August 24, she was hesitant. As she prepared to welcome her fifth grade students to their virtual classroom, a sudden crash on the east coast Zoom network halted all operations. This left Robinson unnerved, scrambling to reassure parents and […]