Srishti Bungle, Opinion Editor
Opinion: Community abortion funds need your help right now, not Planned Parenthood
Small abortion funds and community-based reproductive organizations are in urgent need of financial support as reproductive rights are under attack. To help those most in need, donate to local funds instead of Planned Parenthood.
Opinion: New York, invest in CUNY
As New York state lawmakers finalize budgeting for the 2023 fiscal year, we must urge them to increase support for the City University of New York system.
Opinion: Anti-Asian hate crimes are not a reason to bolster policing
Asian American communities across the country are being targeted in anti-Asian hate crimes. While these communities deserve to feel safe, an increase in policing is not the answer.
Opinion: Hochul’s budget cut to NYPL Black culture center is shameful
Gov. Kathy Hochul is planning to cut $250,000 from the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The timing of this horrible decision, the start of Black History Month, only makes it more offensive.
Opinion: For what ‘Euphoria’ gains in drama, it lacks in genuine representation
Despite the popularity of Euphoria, the HBO show suffers for its lack of non-exploitative representation. This is fuelled by a glaring absence of diversity in writers and creative directors.
Opinion: NYC needs more affordable housing, not more land
A plan to solve the city’s housing crisis by extending the island of Manhattan southward gained popularity after a recent New York Times op-ed. Instead of investing millions of dollars into this project, the city needs to focus on fixing its existing affordable-housing system.
Opinion: NYU’s reopening is ableist
NYU’s decision to start the spring semester with in-person instruction demonstrates a gross disregard for its most vulnerable students.
Opinion: Stop blaming school shootings on bullying
In light of the tragic school shooting in Michigan, it is important to reject attempts to link bullying to mass murder.
Opinion: Don’t go to Travis Scott concerts
Following the death of 10 people and injury of hundreds more, we cannot trust musician Travis Scott and his fans to foster a safe concert environment.
Opinion: NYU should provide free child care for student parents
NYU should offer more support to student parents, including free child care facilities on campus.
Opinion: Striking down New York’s gun law could harm Black and brown people
If the Supreme Court makes a conservative decision in NRA v. Bruen, Black and brown people in New York City could be harmed.
Opinion: Put an end to ‘missing white woman syndrome’
Considering the fact that nine other bodies were found in the high-profile search for Gabby Petito, we should treat missing cases involving people of color with increased importance.
Opinion: The COVID-19 vaccines remain the best weapons against the pandemic
A new antiviral medication developed by Merck is awaiting FDA approval. The potential approval and widespread use of this new medication could help save thousands of lives, but the vaccine remains the best deterrent to the pandemic.
Opinion: Don’t take progressive politicians at their word
Progressive politicians such as AOC and Jamaal Bowman have repeatedly abandoned their stated ideologies. It’s time we question if they truly champion the change we are looking for.
Opinion: AOC’s Met Gala stunt and the frivolous performance of class solidarity
AOC’s Met Gala dress was tone-deaf, but what do the surrounding arguments reveal about NYU students’ own ignorance regarding class and privilege?
Opinion: White women, Texas is not your personal ‘Handmaid’s Tale’
In response to a Texas law banning abortions after six weeks, many white women posted memes comparing the law to Margaret Atwood's novel “The Handmaid's Tale.” But these memes ignore the history of those most affected by this new law: people of color.
Opinion: NYU needs to protect Arab and Muslim students on the anniversary of 9/11
As the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 approaches, vulnerable populations are bracing themselves once more for the anniversary of one of the most infamous terrorist attacks. What will NYU do to protect students who are worried about what this anniversary means for their safety?
Opinion: Mandatory attendance policies are irrational and ableist
Before the pandemic, some NYU professors and schools were notorious for strict attendance policies. As the pandemic continues with rising cases and dangerous new variants, though, do mandatory attendance policies make sense for NYU’s first in-person semester since the start of the pandemic?
Opinion: When campus conservatives invoke ‘ideological diversity,’ don’t take them seriously
While conservative movements on campus stress the importance of ideological diversity, there's a price to pay for supporting the movement.
Opinion: The COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act aids and abets a racist policing system
This bill does not effectively address the recent rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans. It will simply increase harmful policing that most negatively impacts Black and other communities of color.
Opinion: Mandatory vaccine policy for Fall 2021 overlooks international students
NYU administration has announced that all students must be vaccinated — with the exception of those unable to due to health and religious reasons — before returning to campus in the fall. How will this impact NYU’s international student body in the Global South?
Gun control has a racist past
The March 22 shooting in Boulder, Colorado, reignited conversations around gun control. However, many of these conversations overlook how gun control legislation has been used as a tool to suppress Black revolutionary movements.
Don’t trust Biden to handle immigration better than Trump
During his campaign, Joe Biden promised immigration reform. If we look at the policies of his predecessor, Obama, we understand that this promise will likely remain unfulfilled.
It’s time to address anti-Black appropriation in Asian activism
The activism resulting from the recent rise in hate crimes against East and Southeast Asians must remain consciously against the appropriation of Black activists’ labor.
