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New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

Washington Square News

An illustration of a wooden box in a park. A pair of legs with blue jeans and black Converse sneakers stands on top of the box. The box reads “WSN.”

The Soapbox: Parties in power continue to suppress their opponents

The Soapbox is a weekly column by WSN’s news desk examining the major developments in world news and rounding up the stories we think are worth the read this week. Global consciousness for a global university.
Kristian Burt, News Editor February 18, 2022

A poisoned Putin opponent faces more jail time Alexei Navalny, one of Vladimir Putin’s top political opponents, went on trial Feb. 15 for embezzlement and contempt of court...

Jenny Murray, director of ¡Las Sandinistas! at the Intercontinental in Austin, TX.

Sandinistas — Lost Lives and Preserved Legacies

Hailey Nuthals, Editor-at-Large March 19, 2018
WSN sits down with Jenny Murray to discuss her "Las Sandinistas!” — a film about the women who fought during Nicaragua’s 1979 revolution and helped shape the following government.
Rachel Liquindoli for WSN

Steinhardt sophomore works toward sanitation, water supply in Nicaragua

September 16, 2013
Sophie Hollingsworth will be leading an effort to spread clean water in a remote Nicaragua village.