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From QR code menus, to outdoor seating, delivery, and inflation, it’s safe to say that the pandemic has completely revitalized the restaurant business — and those same practices are still being used today, in December 2023. The pandemic is not just an event of the past. While its impact has been a net positive for […]
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Students React to Massive Department of Education Cuts
On March 11, 2025, President Donald Trump announced significant layoffs at the Department of Education, cutting nearly 50% of its workforce as part of a broader effort to reduce the size of the federal government. The move has raised alarms about the potential dismantling of the department. Key offices, including the Office of Federal Student […]
Let’s Normalize Taking Yourself Out on a Date
In a world where we are constantly being judged for our every move, there is a stereotype that going on a solo date might make you look like a loser — but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Going on a solo date is a sign of confidence, and should be normalized regardless of […]
Harvesting the Concrete Jungle: Urban farming in NYC
How does urban farming in New York City work, and who are the faces behind this inventive movement? A story by Ela Kulkarni, Pashmina Khan, and Cora Snow.
On International Women’s Day, marchers fight for free press and the right to protest
The Women’s March in midtown Manhattan on Saturday, March 8, embodied a shared anger towards the Trump administration’s exploitation of power, according to protesters. “I feel like our democracy and our free press is now in hospice,” said Alyce Wittenstein, a marcher wearing a pink shirt, with beaded pink jewelry to match. “My motto is […]
NYU’s Spring Club Fest 2025 – Photo Slideshow
New York University’s biannual Club Fest was moved from its original location inside the John A. Paulson Center to the Kimmel Center for University Life due to flooding caused by an unexpected pipe burst on Jan. 31. NYU has more than 300 student, athletic, and Greek Life clubs. NYU students can see, learn and join […]
Searching for a New Home, New York LGTBI Asylum Seekers Find Old Discrimination in their Diasporas
For many Russian migrants with little to no English knowledge, the Russian-speaking community in Brighton Beach, a coastline neighborhood in Coney Island, Brooklyn, is the best chance to get a job and start a new life in New York. But for Simon, a trans man from Moscow who is seeking asylum in the US, it […]
From voucher to home – a long time coming
NEW YORK – The first day Reverend Matthew Burke, 67, got the keys to his apartment in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, was the first day he was admitted to the hospital. He stayed for a week, having to get two of his toes amputated on his right foot, before returning to his apartment. Now, he’s sitting […]
“Who would I complain to? The government?” Residents grow impatient with unresolved Newtown Creek pollution
A sour smell like spoiled milk lingers in the air as trucks rattle past on the John Jay Byrne Bridge that connects Brooklyn to Queens. The culprit could be a three-story garbage pile half a mile away, the eight towering metallic silos from a kitty-corner wastewater treatment plant, or most likely, the gasoline- and […]
Prop One sparks a new conversation about a long-standing struggle for equal rights in New York
In June of 1969, across the nation, all eyes were on the LGBTQ+ rioters outside Stonewall Inn. Police barricaded the bar while protesters fought back. It was intense. It was fierce. It was the start of the gay liberation movement. Fifty-five years later, New York is experiencing somewhat of a déjà vu. Just blocks away […]