Amid worsening border crisis, NYU panel talks mistreatment of Haitian migrants
A panel organized by NYU’s Center for Latin American Caribbean Studies discussed President Biden’s immigration policy failures and the history of American racism against Haitians.
Union Square statue of George Floyd vandalized two days after unveiling
After a statue of George Floyd was defaced on Oct. 3, local activists and community members worked to restore and protect it.
The NYPD’s war against racial justice protesters
According to recently leaked documents, the New York City Police Department’s anti-terror unit trained officers to disregard the constitutional rights of demonstrators during last summer’s protests for racial justice. This unit must be disbanded and officers involved held accountable for these abuses.
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.
NYU Continues To Fail Black Students
NYU’s silence on Breonna Taylor’s murder suggests that the university still refuses to fully stand in solidarity with Black students despite claiming to support them.
Protests Demanding Justice For Breonna Taylor Sweep New York City
A Brooklyn protest and a Manhattan protest, thousands strong, joined together to demand justice for Breonna Taylor, who was fatally shot in her own apartment by Louisville police officers.
Police and Protesters Shut Down Grand Central Station
NYPD officers stood by while NYC Shut it Down rallied to protest the murder of Daniel Prude and the involvement of police in mental and public health issues.
A New York Like Never Before
Several students tell stories of what the city was really like this past summer.
Tisch Professors Resign in Protest Over Lack of BIPOC Representation
Andromache Chalfant and Donyale Werle, professors in the Tisch Graduate Department of Design for Stage & Film, recently resigned in response to unmet demands from students and alumni for a more diverse faculty.
