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Three weeks from the midterm elections and NYU senior Toyosi Oyelola was still carrying her voter absentee form in her backpack. Her Application for Ballot by Mail (ABBM) to vote in Texas elections was just missing a stamp. “I don’t know how much stamps cost but why do I have to pay to vote?” the […]
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It’s part of being an American. Why I vote
“I’ve voted in every election since 81’, even midterms. Right now, I think we need more balance in power. There is a wave of nationalism that is dividing our county and we have to not be afraid to do our part. Go to court, go do jury duty and stand up and vote for what […]
Election Day Instagram Post
“I voted in the primaries and voted today but not in the last mid-terms.”
Voters at PS 57 James Weldon Johnson School, East Harlem
“Why I Didn’t Report” rally gathers women (and men) to political and social issues
Adrianne Wright is the co-Founder of women’s action group called I Will Not Be Quiet. Wright aims to create an intimate and sacred place for women to discuss the current political and social justice issues. Wright held a rally with the group on Mon., Oct. 1 called #WHYIDIDNTREPORTIT. Adrianne Wright, on the right, met with […]
Hundreds of People Rally at the March for Black Women
By Jendayi Omowale The March for Black Women on Sept. 30 saw hundreds of people rally in City Hall Park to protest against the expiration of the Violence Against Women Act, which was set to expire at midnight. Activists and allies walked across the Brooklyn Bridge to highlight issues concerning gender violence and sexual assault […]
What’s Eating Actresses?
In the entertainment industry body image is an issue that many actresses are hyper aware of. The woman in this film explain the body image issues and eating disorders obstacles while working in a field that is constantly pitting them against one another.
Finding Balance between Orthodoxy and Hip Hop: An Artist Combines Both
In a secluded corner of Prospect Park, Tzvi Levine, a 22-year-old resident of Kensington, Brooklyn, ground some weed, made a joint, took a puff, and began strumming his guitar while improvising a song. The sinking-sun shone golden on his clean-shaven face, the trees cast long shadows, and Levine’s Nike sneakers tapped to a beat. He […]
Standoffish: The Media’s Relationship With Stan Culture
Unintentionally prophesied in the early 2000s by the likes of American rapper Eminem in his song “Stan,” stan culture and its growing prolificacy have become immensely widespread in recent years, enough so that Beyoncé’s dedicated fanbase, the Beyhive, were parodied on Saturday Night Live in 2014 and the term “stan” was entered into the lexicon […]
The Democracy of Streaming
With the advent of music streaming, catalogs of music have been made more accessible to a greater number of people in the United States, and it is slowly contributing itself to independence in our tastes and most successful songs. To gauge the extent of streaming this year, there have been over 184 billion on-demand audio […]