NYU’s Impossible Financial Situation
Like many other universities, NYU faces an impossible catch-22 as our government’s incompetent response to the pandemic causes COVID-19 to continue to ravage this...
President Hamilton: Support Students in Need and Take a Pay Cut
When I received President Andrew Hamilton’s email discussing NYU’s current financial situation last week, I expected it to contain the usual insistence that the...
Congress Needs to Provide Stimulus Checks for Mixed-Status Families
By now, it is common knowledge that the CARES Act discriminates against undocumented immigrants. A few weeks ago, Secretary of Education Besty DeVos cut...
Amazon, Protect Your Workers and Meet Their Demands
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Amazon has come under fire for mandating that their employees continue to work in conditions that make social distancing impossible....
The Pandemic Calls for More Mental Health Care
Just weeks ago, NYU asked many of us to leave our dorms. COVID-19 was spreading rapidly and soon transformed the city into the next...
Restaurants Need More Relief
Because of the spread of COVID-19, government leaders like New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo have enacted social distancing measures to protect people from...
The Urgency of Housing Justice During the Pandemic
As New York has become the epicenter of the global coronavirus pandemic — accounting for 5% of global cases — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has...
Provide Resources for Undocumented Immigrants
The recent pandemic has not only sent medical experts and doctors scrambling to find solutions, but has also hit undocumented immigrants in the U.S....
Master’s Students Need More Financial Aid
With the first semester of my sophomore year coming to a close, I am beginning to feel the pressure of endless postgraduate options. I...
Good for Business Isn’t Good Enough
NYU’s Chief Sustainability Officer Cecil Scheib recently outlined the reality of achieving sustainability goals at NYU: in order for them to be accepted, they...
Immigrants Don’t Need to Earn Human Decency
The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority indicated on Nov. 12 that the body is leaning toward shutting down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals...
Pay Attention to Middle America
The 2020 presidential election is well underway, and the first caucuses in Iowa are quickly approaching. As the primaries draw nearer, there has been...