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Inside the 2019 Elizabeth Warren Rally in Washington Square Park

September 25, 2019 by Brooke LaMantia

Elizabeth Warren at Rally

Elizabeth Warren spoke to a crowd of over 20,000 people in Washington Square Park on September 17 to talk about corruption and her plan against it.

Filed Under: Multimedia, Photo Tagged With: politics, rally, Warren

Ghana’s Rutted, Pothole Dotted, Spine Jarring Roadway to Success Needs Paving

July 24, 2019 by Andrew Califf

ACCRA, Ghana- Jagged orange holes polka dot the N5 highway between the Asikuma area and the town of Ho where vehicles and sub-saharan weather gnawed away at the asphalt. They widen and multiply with time like some splotchy rash. Cars and motorcycles erratically dance around these yawning chasms which are ready to swallow rubber and […]

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Juuling: a College Lifestyle or Epidemic?

March 29, 2019 by Elle Shurm

The Juul next to a NYU student's workload. Courtesy of Shraddha Nair

You encounter it everywhere: sitting in a crowded lecture hall, walking down Waverly Place, and even in the quiet study rooms of Bobst.  A quick puff of smoke followed by the sickeningly sweet smell of mango. The Juul, designed as a nicotine-packed electronic alternative to cigarettes and sleekly packaged to resemble a flash drive, has […]

Filed Under: Photo, The Word Tagged With: college, health, juul, nicotine, smoking, stress

New Awareness Campaign Sparked By Sewer Backups, Flooding and “Fatbergs”

March 29, 2019 by Maddy Hillegas

"Trash It, Don't Flush It" campaign poster in an NYC subway car

An increase in sales and subsequent flushing of so-called “flushable wipes” has created enormous mounds of congealed fat and wipes in the sewer system, sparking a public awareness campaign run by NYC’s Department of Environmental Protection. These “fatbergs,” named for their fat content and resemblance to icebergs, have clogged sewer systems worldwide, including those in […]

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A Day in the Life of a Blind Brooklyn Athlete and Rapper

February 14, 2019 by Pooja Sadhwani

A Day in the Life of Jahron Black Brooklyn local Jahron Black relaxes in his backyard before heading to the New York Association for Blind Athlete’s goalball practice, a sports game specially crafted for the visually impaired. As the president of this organization and a visually impaired man himself, Black prides himself in the awareness […]

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Dynamic Profiles of Shanghai’s Longtang

February 4, 2019 by ZiQi Lin

Longtang is a public alleyway or a series of interconnected lanes found in traditional neighborhoods in Shanghai. Just like any other urban metropolis, Shanghai tells a tale of two cities. Even in some of its most expensive housing districts such as Nanjing East Road and Laoximen, there remain Longtang dwellers living in poor conditions and cramped […]

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The Reality of the Emotional Support Animal System

December 13, 2018 by Faith Marnecheck

Photo Courtesy of Noah Defranceschi. Chai, Noah Defranceschi’s emotional support animal, lays in his bed in Defranceschi’s dorm room.

Noah DeFranceschi has hay and chewed-up cardboard under his dorm bed. When he buys items, he leaves the boxes on the floor if they do not have too much tape or ink on them. This habitat below his bed is for his emotional support animal (ESA), Chai, a brown and white bunny who loves to […]

Filed Under: Photo, The Word Tagged With: dogs, emotional support, emotional support animal, ESA, mental health

Phone Banking with the ACLU

November 27, 2018 by Lea Veloso

Phone banking during election season is a battleground of frustration and enlightenment. But doing so the last stretch of the weekend before the 2018 midterm elections can be a matter of life or death. It’s not easy to get up on a Saturday morning to phone bank for the American Civil Liberties Union at The […]

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No Sleep ‘Till Midterms

November 26, 2018 by Abigail Jade Metsch

ASTORIA DISPATCH Astoria, Queens — On the bustling street corner of Ditmars Boulevard and 31st Street, one young woman stands out among the crowd. 26-year-old, Hind Sophia, is spotted wearing a bright blue “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez” t-shirt. Running on just a few hours of sleep, she still manages to flash a bright smile and hold a […]

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Election Day November 2018

November 12, 2018 by Ally Einberg

“Well I vote for every election cycle but today felt especially important with the energy, and social media and the news…. I hope to see the largest voter turnout for a midterm election, especially for the youth.” – Dustin, 27, graphic designer, Lower East Side. 

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