“Who are you?”: Reflections from a university student jailed and tortured in Maduro’s Venezuela

Illustration by Erica Kruse

In 2018, then-22-year-old Victor Navarro was arbitrarily and illegally detained in El Helicoide, “Venezuela’s largest and more notorious torture center,” according to the Human Rights Foundation (HRF). As…

“Shower time, Adderall, a glass of whiskey, and Diesel Jeans.” How Taylor Lorenz became “Extremely Online”

Image inspired by Taylor Lorenz`s book "Extremely Online." Illustration by Caidin Ferrigno.

“Every single time I get out of the shower, I think of that Vine.” “There’s so many Vines that are ingrained in my brain that will play at…

“Lets just worship in the living room” : The new Christian community serving New Schoolers

Board members Jake Wendel and Michael Dunaevsky play guitar and piano while club members watch. Photo by Theo Lim Jisra.

In a cozy West Village apartment living room, a group of five to 15 New School students gather every Monday night to eat pizza, sing hymns, and pray.…

Non-academic student workers rally outside UC to promote new petition for fair election 

Organizers working to unionize non-academic student workers ask students to sign their petition demanding the university respect their right to a fair union election. Photo by Isabella Gallo

“Our necks, our backs, we need a fair contract!”  NewSWU organizers, the group working to unionize non-academic student workers at The New School, chanted as they circled in…