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Salome Bustamante
Jan 32 min read
An Ode to the Martini
The martini: as New York as a Yankees Cap is or a black caw-fee to go. Roger Sterling’s and Carrie Bradshaw’s signature cocktail. From...
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Reagan Grant
Jan 32 min read
A Night in Bushwick
Photo: Reagan Grant Guess what’s inside 65 Roebling Street, Brooklyn. A working class family who lived there for generations? Never! Try...
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Reagan Grant
Jan 33 min read
Album Review: Crack Cloud's 'Tough Baby'
Ever since its advent in the 1970s, punk apparently dies every 10 years. Without examining the work of emerging bands and the...
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Dylan Healy
Jan 33 min read
Spicy Village Offers Inconsistency and Warmth
I was possessed by a desire for hand-pulled noodles. The ones at Xi’an Famous Foods are good, but I wanted better. I wandered the streets...
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Sofia Moncayo
Jan 32 min read
Sean Baker's 'Anora' Seeks to Destigmatize Sex Work
Sean Baker’s latest film, Anora , stars Mikey Madison as a sex worker in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, named Ani. She lives in a small ...
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Megan Gleason
May 31, 202411 min read
Joe Gow and Carmen Wilson Made Porn. It Cost Them Their Jobs in Higher-Ed. And They'd Do it All Again.
With all of the butterflies and excitement of a new relationship, Joe Gow and Carmen Wilson were eager to find a hobby they could share....
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Sanjana Ahmed
May 29, 202411 min read
Cracks in CUNY's Crown Jewel
Touted as one of the best colleges for upward mobility in 2023 by financial news site 24/7 Wall St., Hunter College has been referred to...
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Stella Raine Chu
May 29, 202410 min read
New York City Has a Bathroom Problem
Cynthia Rivera, 33, was on her routine walk home from work when she felt the sudden urge to use the bathroom. About eight months pregnant...
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Annabelle Underwood
May 29, 202411 min read
How The MTA Fails Disabled Passengers
Sharon McLennon Wier was commuting to her job with the New York State Commission for the Blind on Sept. 10, 2015 when she fell onto the...
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Joohong Jung
Jan 9, 20244 min read
Avalon Hobson Wants Women Everywhere to Know That They, Too, Can Fly
Hobson got out of a van at Nassau airport in the Bahamas. She boarded a Challenger 604, adjusted the rudder pedals, and prepared her...
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Etta Feuer
Dec 15, 20237 min read
Hamas is Killing my Family. They Will Not Destroy my People.
My chest feels tighter, more painful than usual. I went to my doctor last week to get an echocardiogram because I thought I was dying. No...
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Penelope Walthall
Dec 15, 20233 min read
How My First Siezure Helped Me Find Faith, in God and Science
I grew up in church. My mother would faithfully take me every single Sunday as a kid. I was a part of the children's choir until I was...
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Nethya Samarakkodige
Dec 15, 20233 min read
Finding Home, From Sri Lanka to Staten Island
I was 12 when I saw palm trees for the first time. I had never traveled beyond the East Coast before; my parents preferred road trips to...
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Estefania Valencia
Dec 15, 20233 min read
Killing the Lobster
Female lobsters have smaller claws than males. Their roe is emerald green, but once cooked, it turns into a bright orange that matches...
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Sabrina Rosado
Dec 15, 20233 min read
What Our Treatment of Britney Spears Says About Us
It’s 2007. Britney Spears sits in the passenger seat of a car, her hand holding up her freshly shaved head. Her eyes – filled with...
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Sydney Hargrove
Dec 15, 20233 min read
Olivia Rodrigo and Me
Somewhere in Los Angeles on a warm night in October, Olivia Rodrigo twiddles a ring around her thumb as she sits on the edge of the stage...
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Joash Nyarko
Dec 15, 20233 min read
The Pandemic Changed My Life, for the Better
“Tell me what company you keep, and I will tell you what you are!” Who even made that quote anyway? If I had a dollar for every time I...
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Allison Patino
Dec 15, 20233 min read
Colada Morada and Guagua’s de Pan
It was the end of October when I started seeing them—the big red juice dispensers and plastic containers with bread in them. I had not...
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Jada Shannon
Jun 5, 20238 min read
New York State Promises Free Tuition, But There's a Catch
This month, graduating high school seniors throughout New York State will receive personalized letters inviting them to pursue a college...
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Aarsh Chauhan
Apr 28, 20235 min read
Uncovered: Charity Care often leaves Jersey City’s undocumented with bills
The morning of Jan. 26 could have been another normal day of work for Geeta, until an approaching truck left her disabled in a blink of...
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