Identity & Equity

¡Saca tu bandera! 5 ways the Latine community celebrates our month
Cooking, music and more — this is how to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month right.
Alessa Alluin, Copy Editor
• September 17, 2025

A precarious promise: What the tallest jail in the world means for those who live next to it
As New York City finally closes Rikers Island, its plan to build four new jails — two of which are within minutes of NYU dorms — has not been without criticism.
Julia Kim, Culture Editor
• September 17, 2025

NYU’s first and last ‘first days’
First-years and seniors on their first or final chapters at NYU.
Noor Maahin, Identity & Equity Editor
• September 9, 2025

These NYU students are getting the wrongly incarcerated out of prison
In Making an Exoneree, students produce documentaries on victims of wrongful conviction.
Lauren Ng, Culture Editor
• May 7, 2025

Who gets to be represented during AAPI Month?
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is hailed as a time to celebrate, but not all cultures are represented equally.
Sherry Chen, Staff Writer
• May 6, 2025

Students confront youth incarceration through community-focused advocacy
NYU ROSES challenges the punitive approach of criminal legal reform, working directly with at-risk or involved girls to meet their self-determined goals.
Paige Ablon, Contributing Writer
• May 5, 2025

20 years in, this CAS department combines analysis and activism
A look into how students in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis get much more out of their education than a diploma.
Mia Shou, Staff Writer
• May 2, 2025

The fight for food security at NYU
A look into how student-led efforts to create food pantries and donate meal swipes can help students struggling to afford standard meal plans.
Kyra Mehta, Contributing Writer
• April 28, 2025

Why are there huge inflatable rats in NYC?
Named “Scabby” by protesters, the rat represents a decades-long hunger for labor justice in the city and beyond.
Paige Ablon, Contributing Writer
• April 23, 2025

4 LGBTQ+ organizations to join outside of NYU
Amid an increase in anti-LGBTQ+ federal policy, these organizations provide much-needed support to local communities.
Dylan Henschen, Staff Writer
• April 18, 2025

‘A vile complicity’: Members of the Rwandan community recount 1994 genocide
Through powerful testimonies, NYU’s first Kwibuka memorialized the 31st anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
Julia Kim, Deputy Culture Editor
• April 17, 2025

Where did all the gays go?
Over the past 50 years, the gay bar — facing rising rent prices and evolving expectations of queer nightlife — has dramatically changed.
Dylan Henschen, Staff Writer
• April 10, 2025

Grace Carmody, Contributing Writer • September 18, 2025


Levi Langley, Staff Writer • September 18, 2025

Vincent Pena, Contributing Writer • September 18, 2025

Kaitlyn Sze Tu, Deputy News Editor • September 18, 2025