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Four events around campus to celebrate Earth Day on April 22

Earth Day takes place tomorrow on April 22. Photo by Caidin Ferrigno

Every year on April 22, the world celebrates Earth Day, a day to promote the environmental movement and raise awareness about the importance of protecting the earth and…

Voices from the picket line

New School part-time faculty and students protesting outside the University Center on Tuesday. Photo by Tara Lamorgese

Thoughts, opinions, hopes and fears from students and faculty during the first weeks of the part time faculty strike

Key takeaways about the part-time faculty strike from the Student Caucus

New School students and faculty protest at the university center in support of the part-time faculty on Monday. Photo by Tara Lamorgese

Two student-run organizations at The New School held a virtual student caucus Wednesday evening to discuss the ongoing part-time faculty strike. New School part-time faculty have entered the…

CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS: TNS extends ‘final offer,’ effectively walks away from negotiations, according to union

Student picketing in solidarity with The New School’s part-time faculty union on Monday. Photo courtesy of Isabella Cooper.

On Sunday, The New School provided the currently on-strike part-time faculty union with a final offer on compensation, healthcare, job security, and other issues pertaining to their contract.…

New Schoolers march to President McBride’s townhouse to demand better treatment of part-time faculty, student workers and other staff

Nelson Nuñez, recording secretary of labor of the United Brothers of Teamsters Local 1205 stands in front of New School President Dwight A. McBride's townhouse with a letter demanding improved working conditions for university workers. Image by Hope Thompson.

Dozens of New School students and faculty marched down Fifth Avenue to university President Dwight McBride’s West Village townhouse earlier this month to protest the working conditions of…

‘Text me when you get home’

Women in large cities such as New York have to undergo several safety precautions in order to feel safe leaving the house. For an additional security measure, many leave with weapons such as pepper spray attached to their keys. Photo by Valentina Graziosi

No matter the precautions you take, safety is never a guarantee when you’re a woman traveling home alone at night. Ever since I was a pre-teen, I’ve been…