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“There’s a scale issue of whether the neighborhood controls what’s built, or whether or not there’s a citywide force from the outside. How do you get racial justice in this place?” said Sharon Zukin, a “Loft Living: Culture and Capital in Urban Change” in an interview with 'The New York Times.'

The Fight For SoHo

Yona Litwin, Staff Reporter
June 22, 2021
53.6% of the world uses social media for an average of 2 hours and 20 minutes a day. With such avid use, numerous studies and experiments are being conducted on the effects of this usage, in addition to TV shows and movies like 'The Social Dilemma' that try to illustrate more of the indescribable effects of social media.

Social Media and Politics

Yona Litwin, Staff Reporter
April 30, 2021
On January 20th, 2021, Joe Biden became the first sitting U.S. president to openly oppose the death penalty. Now, civil rights groups and members of Congress are pressuring him to fulfill his promises and end it.

The Death Penalty Is Wrong. What Can President Biden Do About It?

Yona Litwin, Staff Reporter
March 21, 2021
Members of the Bronx Science Chess Club play chess in 2019, before the Coronavirus pandemic stopped in-person activities. This year, the club continues to stay active. “Chess Club adapted well to the virtual world,” said Asif Anzum ’21, Vice President of the Bronx Science Chess Club. “We have been playing chess with each other online, and we plan on teaching chess strategies, watching chess videos, streams, and movies together.”

The Rise of Chess Into the Mainstream

Yona Litwin, Staff Reporter
March 13, 2021
Many claim that the Vice Presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence on October 7th, 2020, was more important and more informative than the Presidential Debate that occurred two weeks prior. “The Vice Presidential debate seemed much more substantive and less of a performance,” said William Freedman ’21.

The Transformation of the Vice Presidency

Yona Litwin, Staff Reporter
November 15, 2020
Businesses such as 'Starbucks' are excited to reopen and rebuild the economy. But the question remains, what is the health cost of doing so?

A Double-Edged Sword: State Reopenings During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Yona Litwin, Staff Reporter
June 21, 2020
“This infection is not going to disappear,” said Jermey Farrar, medical researcher and director of the Wellcome Trust, a research charity based in London, England. “Without science leading us to vaccines, we will get second and third waves,” Farrar said.

A Race Against Time: The Global Search for a COVID-19 Vaccine

Yona Litwin, Staff Reporter
May 11, 2020
“You owe certain things to the people that you share Earth with and that’s the point of the show,” creator Michael Schur said. “The attempt, the desire to be better, is actually more important than the result. What matters is that you're trying.”

How ‘The Good Place’ Redefined the Sitcom

Yona Litwin, Staff Reporter
April 17, 2020
“This proposal is clearly a ruse to aggressively police low-income and homeless New Yorkers,” Michael Sisitzky, the lead policy counsel at New York Civil Liberties Union, said of the MTA’s plan to increase police officers. “The city would be better served diverting resources toward solutions that would address poverty, not criminalize it.”

The Problem with the MTA’s Plan to Combat Fare Evasion

Yona Litwin, Staff Reporter
March 6, 2020
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