opinion

Volunteering at -22°c
Carl Philip Dybwad | 02/11/2020

Others probably see me as a rather peculiar person. I never really cared, which always has been the basis of my actions from my work with campaigns or in the...

Greta Thunberg Hero
Lydia Tadross Marks | 01/26/2020

“How dare you?” Greta Thunberg accused global leaders last fall at the United Nations. These three, emphatically-stated words shocked the world as they further solidified her role as a Generation...

Shattering The Glass
Ava Kalinauskas | 01/20/2020

The American dream is for everyone: people of all races and religions, men, women, immigrants, LGBT people, and people with disabilities... We have still not shattered that glass ceiling, but…

New York Schools
Runnie Exuma | 01/15/2020

Specialized high schools are emblematic of the city’s serious need for integration, as the rate of black and brown students present in these “elite” spaces declines dramatically each year...

March of A Minority
Michelle Brucker | 01/07/2020

“Dia is my name”, she giggled, “it means eyes in Kurdish”. If you have tried keeping up with international headlines at any point within the last five years, you may...

Australian Racism
Ava Kalinauskas | 12/28/2019

Conversations about origin raised more questions than answers for me. Clearly, white Australia’s black history cannot be ignored, as I have carried with me feelings of national guilt and shame...

Female Revolution
Aya Goraieb | 12/27/2019

I am not a writer, not a scholar, not even a student: I am a Lebanese woman. This text is an ode to all the Lebanese women of this revolution,...

1960s Are Today
R. Levin | 11/25/2019

In the 1960s, from Paris to Prague, Woodstock to the Isle of Wight, young people spoke out in protest.  Today's students are again a significant force.  Their resources must be...

Hong Kong Upheaval
Caroline Levin | 11/18/2019

After five months of ongoing street protests, the momentum has shifted. Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement has made major gains in the Chinese territory's district council elections...

Lebanon Awakening
Samir Makdisi | 11/12/2019

Lebanon’s political system's designated ethnic roles has it forever locked into partial paralysis. Popular uprisings that began in October mark a major turning point in the country’s history...