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Race for Progressivism? How New York City's Mayoral Candidates Are Stacking Up

Maya Wiley may be the only true progressive in NYC's mayoral race, but even she may be falling short on the issues. And how will ranked-choice voting impact the election? Here's what voters may want to consider.

Joe Biden

The Problem With Moderate Democrats

We have known it for a while, but moderates have once again proven themselves as being against progress. This might seem like hyperbole, and to the cautiously optimistic, it might be, but the results speak for themselves. On March 6, a Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)-backed progressive took control

books

"The Fifth Way" in Colson Whitehead's "The Nickel Boys": A Review

~~If you haven’t already read the book and wish to avoid major spoilers, finish the book and come back to this review.~~ To win the Pulitzer Prize once is an achievement, but to win it a second time is a truly incredible feat. In the Pulitzer’s over

literature

Ocean Vuong and Metaphor Gate: The Social Media Controversy That Wasn't

I think if you sit in an English class long enough, you might get the mistaken belief that writers actually know what they’re talking about. I do not mean this in a pejorative way, but more to say that the act of writing a story is much less a

Minimum wage

Inadequacy of Stimulus Checks Indicates the Need for Welfare Systems

The House and Senate recently passed a bipartisan, veto-proof stimulus bill of $900 billion dollars which would give $300 extra dollars a week to the unemployed, a one-time $600 stimulus check as well as a bunch of other funding maneuvers that you can find here. The Stimulus Bill and Donald

book review

Feminism for the 99%: A Review for Modern Times

Before I review this book, I want to talk about where we are in the world at this moment. Joseph R. Biden will be our next president in 2021 after “raising” 1.69 billion dollars to defeat incumbent Donald Trump’s haul of 1.96 billion dollars. This result is,

Covid

Essential Workers are Bearing the Brunt of the COVID-19 Pandemic

What was life like before Covid-19? I’m starting to forget. When I watch movies shot before the outbreak, I mentally scold characters for entering crowded rooms without masks. It is a reflex: if I leave the house, I wear a mask. It seems simple, really, to always have my

COVID-19

Honeysuckle's Thanksgiving Guide

If this were any other Thanksgiving, we’d all be rushing off to see our families. Who’s bringing which dish? Who gets to sit next to Uncle Steve? For me, my Thanksgiving ritual is to drive up to Maine where most of the my extended family lives, see my

healthcare

The Recurring Battle for Healthcare

Yet again, Obamacare is in the political fight of its life. Republicans have spent quite a bit of time attacking the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) since it was first passed on March 23rd, 2010, and has faced a steep challenge ever since, most notably on May 4th, 2017, when a

2020 election

Op-Ed: Why Were the 2020 Election Results So Close?

After a nail-biting three days, Joe Biden has surpassed the needed 270 electoral votes by flipping the swing states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, and Pennsylvania. In a surprise turnout, Georgia might even flip to a blue state, the first time since 1992, which is no small feat considering the incredible

Cannabis

"Cannabis and the Rise of the Carceral State": An Interview with Last Prisoner Project's Natalie Papillion

The Last Prisoner Project is an organization created by a group of cannabis industry leaders and artists which focuses on rectifying the devastating impacts of the war on drugs, prohibition, and incarceration. Recently, the nonprofit released a report entitled, “Criminal Justice: Cannabis and the Rise of the Carceral State.” The

COVID-19

Trump vs. Biden: Assessing Covid-19 Strategies

The current count of those infected with Covid-19 is 43.5 million worldwide and a total death count of 1.1 million as of the writing of this article. The United States alone accounts for 8.9 million of the infected and 230,000 deaths making it the country with

1%

Solutions to the Climate Crisis Must Go Hand in Hand with Economic Equity

Climate Week in New York this year, like so many other events, was radically different from previous years. Yet, the sense of urgency that permeated it was not only apt but deeply necessary; as many are aware, with regard to the environment our time is very much limited. There is

Communal Living

Will the Pandemic Catalyze a Movement Towards Communal Living?

A long-standing American institution, the nuclear family was first coined in 1947, defined as a man and a woman living in a house by themselves with two or three kids. The popular conception comes from the 1960s to 1970s, when American families began moving out of the cities into suburbs;