With Shaban, the eighth month of the Islamic calendar, having ended and Ramadan already in full swing, millions of Muslims around the world are celebrating the holiest month of...

Climate change is not a distant threat to Generation Z, it’s a daily reality. We’ve grown up amid extreme weather crises, government inaction  and rising sea levels. It has...

You are standing outside the first meeting for a club, contemplating whether or not it’s a good idea to walk in. While you know this is a good way to meet new people, make...

Since 2000, there have been 180,700 New York City Police Department misconduct complaints that included 59,244 separate incidents and 35,435 officers. Out of 50 million police...

Ignorance and stigmatization defined the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States during the 1980s, contributing to the deaths of over 100,000 people, and leaving many more...

Women’s History Month should be a time to celebrate the enormous progress made in securing women's rights and the legal, educational and social advancements since the movement's...

Despite being in the second semester of my junior year, I still have never taken an engineering course taught by a female professor. At NYU Tandon School of Engineering, out of...

“There was a time when a newspaper, especially one that was a local monopoly, might have seen it as a service to bring to the reader’s doorstep every morning a broad-based...

Older generations often tell us that if we work hard enough we can achieve the American Dream — the stereotypical suburban house with a white picket fence, a spacious backyard...

Guest essays reflect opinions from writers beyond WSN. If you’d like to submit a guest essay for consideration, please email [email protected]. We are at a crossroads on...

Despite being affected the most by today’s political decisions, younger people have long been sidelined in the political arena, where older people continue to dominate. This...

Content warning: This article includes mentions of suicide. Shortly after President Donald Trump won the 2024 election, LGBTQ+ crisis lines were flooded with an unprecedented...