Category: Identity-and-Equity

At most law schools, you’ll find student groups laser-focused on bar practice exams and clinic internships. But earlier this year, the NYU School of Law became the first in the country to have a Hindu Law Students Association, which concluded its first semester with a packed Diwali celebration, food drive, traditional dance workshop and yoga…

Throughout Zohran Mamdani’s grassroots mayoral campaign, rent freezes, free buses and publicly-owned grocery stores took center stage.But one discussion that often went overlooked was New York City’s public education system, and the mayor-elects vague plans to revise it —- leaving many educators wondering if he will deliver on his promise to redirect power into their…

Since the start of her time at NYU, Tisch senior Sam Del Rio has been an active political organizer on campus. She advocated with NYU’s Young Democratic Socialists of America for the NYU Student Health Center to provide free abortions, and helped establish Students of Color for Change, a political activism group. But as a…

When I finally got around to watching “KPop Demon Hunters,” all I could think about was how prevalent Korean culture has become in Western media. The movie garnered more than 236 million views in the first month of its release, claiming the title of Netflix’s most-watched animated film, while its songs took multiple top spots…

“Where are our neighbors?” Chalk graffiti scattered across Washington Square posed this haunting question. Just days after a drug raid led to 19 arrests on the park’s west side, the city deployed nearly 70 new police officers to the area. With the local unhoused community now almost entirely displaced, a once vibrant park is now…

“My country, I will build you again, / if need be, with bricks made from my life.”  That line from Iranian poet Simin Behbahani rose through the auditorium at the Asia Society Museum on Nov. 9. Members of the diaspora and cultural observers congregated to watch Iranian sister duo Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat’s concert, “Deep…

Nearing the final week of Zohran Mamdani’s historic campaign for mayor, CAS junior Sebastian Martinez found themselves addressing nearly 13,000 attendees at the mayor-elect’s “NYC is not for sale” rally in Forest Hills Stadium. Headlined by politicians like Bernie Sanders, Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and Kathy Hochul, the Oct. 26 rally acted as a final push before…

Celines Miranda was born and raised in the Elliott-Chelsea House on West 26th Street. She lives in an apartment with her elderly mother, who has grown disoriented by her surroundings. But now, Miranda — one of the vice presidents of the Chelsea Tenants Organization — is fighting to save the community that she grew up…

Roughly 1.7 million New York City residents have felt the effects of losing vital food support since the government shutdown put an unprecedented pause on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. While a federal court ordered a full restoration of SNAP payments, the Supreme Court continues to block them, leaving states scrambling to feed people who…

It’s been 75 years since the first Mattachine Society meetings, 56 years since the Stonewall Riots and just 10 years since Obergefell v. Hodges legalized gay marriage. It’s also been just one day since the Supreme Court shot down a request to reconsider Obergefell — but for many, the Trump administration’s persistent rollback of LGBTQ+…