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The city that never sleeps has been sleeping for over a year, and for the thousands with jobs tied to the New York nightclub industry not much has changed since last March. From promoters to DJs to bartenders, nightclub workers have been left jobless for over a year through the health pandemic caused by Covid-19. […]
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The Travel Industry Has Been Changed Forever. What Comes Next?
Since the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic a year ago, the $29 billion travel industry has dramatically altered how people move across cities and states due to new health regulations. Travelers today are prioritizing safety as a top consideration when evaluating their vacation plans. For the majority of Americans pre-pandemic, public health was […]
NY Movie Theaters Reopen A Year After Covid-19
Lauren Williams, head of operations at Metrograph, one of the first theaters to close its doors in New York City, had no idea it would be more than a year before she could ever walk back into the famous independent theater in Chinatown. “I went in on the last day to close,” said Williams. “This […]
The Vaccine Race Shows Again The Deep Roots of Inequality
It took nearly three weeks for East New York, Brooklyn resident Jason Minnis to get his mother-in-law a vaccine appointment in their majority-black neighborhood. Many others aren’t as lucky. Since the first vaccine rollout late last year, the widening disparity in the vaccination rates among Black communities in New York has only worsened. Part of […]
NYU Faculty May Be Over Zoom Too After A Year of Remote Learning
A year into the pandemic, New York University professors have adjusted to their new teaching landscape. They’ve mastered the technical aspects of conducting lessons over virtual platforms. They’ve experimented with creative ways to redesign their classes to create more Zoom-friendly content. And they’ve created pockets of community wherever possible. But these professors can’t take another […]
Parler is Banned from Apple, Google Play, and Amazon: What is the Future of Far-Right Social Media?
Apple has denied the right-wing social media app Parler from returning to the App Store once again. The company, according to chief policy officer Amy Peikoff, has adopted protocols to flag content that incites violence or is an attack on “immutable and irrelevant characteristics such as race, sex, sexual orientation, or religion.” However, Apple still denied […]
March 11, 2020: The Day Everything Changed
On the morning of March 11, 2020, the headline story was expected to be Harvey Weinstein’s sentencing. However, what followed turned out to be the most hectic days of the coronavirus yet. On that Wednesday, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus to be a global pandemic, Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive, which […]
Racism in China
“Racism in China” is an interview-based film about Black experiences in China.
Protests Against Local Laundromat’s Union Busting Tactics
March is Women’s History Month. It’s also the anniversary of the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in 1911 that killed almost 200 people, mostly young women, and girls. It inspired a massive strike for better working conditions. On March 27th, 2021, protesters gathered around the very same place, which is NYU’s Brown building on […]
Olympic Awards ceremony postponed in historic decision by IOC
After 30 hours of travel, U.S. Olympic ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates arrived home from Beijing last week with a sense of unfinished business. The duo achieved a personal best score at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, beating the 2021 World Champions and snagging a team silver medal for Team USA. But instead […]