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March 25, 2022
What I Learned About Standardized Testing
My peers and I spent years studying for the Standardized High School Admissions Test in NYC. Should that change?
Merry Li
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March 22, 2022
Abolish the Debt Sentence
Court fees, fines, and cash bail contribute to a cycle of debt and incarceration under the guise of justice.
Ruqaiyah Zarook
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March 16, 2022
United by Difference in New York City
Hurricane Irma forced my family to leave our home, but new friends in NYC helped me feel like I belong.
Dominique de Castro
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February 22, 2022
When Socialists Govern
New York State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani is building power in Queens.
Hadas Thier
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January 27, 2022
The Homeless Shelter on Billionaires’ Row
Residents of the wealthy block in New York City spent a fortune fighting against it. Now, they’ve got to learn to live with it.
Audra Heinrichs
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January 18, 2022
Columbia University Has Lost Its Way
The Ivy League institution’s approach to the contract negotiations with its grad student workers reveals how it has evolved into a predatory business.
Katherine Franke
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January 11, 2022
“You Come Out With Nothing”: What It Means to Bring Back the Box at Rikers
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has vowed to keep punitive segregation going in an attempt to curb the jails’ exploding violence.
Victoria Law
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December 27, 2021
The Mayor Nobody Knows
Eric Adams takes office without having had much to say about how—or in whose interests—he’ll govern New York City.
Ross Barkan
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December 13, 2021
How the Taxi Workers Won
The 45 days of fierce protest, shrewd organizing, and ferocious solidarity that ended the debt nightmare that had engulfed the taxi industry.
Molly Crabapple
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December 9, 2021
To Reduce Inequality in Our Education System, Reduce Class Sizes
New York City has a rare opportunity to pass a hugely popular bill to shrink class sizes. So why are the mayor and the City Council speaker standing in its way?
Leonie Haimson