NYC: Voted and Counting In New York, more than 2.3 million people voted across the five boroughs, according to the New York City Board of Elections. The city was preparing for the worst – long lines and rioting. But what Columbia Journalism documentary students found was
It’s a Saturday morning in October, and about 50 pro-life protesters are gathered outside the Planned Parenthood clinic on Bleecker Street in Manhattan. Some are wearing masks, others aren’t. Many are standing within a foot of each other. They are a mix of nuns, priests,
Every Friday at sunset since July, Malorie Bryant hustles up and down a shaky fire-escape ladder to welcome guests to the Mad Love Comedy Show, relocated by the pandemic from a Manhattan club to a rooftop in Bushwick, Brooklyn. On a recent Friday, Bryant — the
Dwana Smallwood grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant with a dream to become a dancer. Starting in the mid-1990s, she performed on stages around the world and was declared “one of the greatest modern dancers” by Vogue Magazine. Oprah Winfrey asked her to go to South Africa
A new generation of Staten Island activists is hitting the streets this fall to turn out voters of color in New York’s whitest, most Republican borough. Galvanized by Black Lives Matter, dozens of young people on the North Shore — a cluster of predominantly nonwhite
By late spring, Edwin Quezada had finally phased out plastic bags at the Shop Fair supermarket he manages in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The state’s ban on them became law on March 1, but in the months that followed, enforcement was delayed by a lawsuit. Lincoln Market,
Tadataka Unno, a longtime jazz pianist, had just wrapped up a recording session in Midtown on Sept. 27 and was heading home to his wife and infant son in Harlem. As he passed through the turnstile to leave the West 135th Street station at St.
New York’s LaGuardia Airport, among other locations, is sinking faster than other parts of the city, according to a NASA study. Its $8 billion upgrades may not be enough to save it.
To keep the planet from warming more than two degrees Celsius, countries worldwide are looking for ways to mitigate carbon dioxide emissions.
[caption id="attachment_6180" align="alignnone" width="1156"] Credit: Lilou Margueron[/caption] In Chinatown, where Canal Street meets the Manhattan Bridge, beside a two-story-tall sign advertising the Lucky Star Bus Co. and beneath a billboard for Honda cars, stands the Mahayana Buddhist Temple. The beige brick building houses New York City’s largest
A family who had a harrowing journey from Venezuela to New York City now struggles to process it all.
[caption id="attachment_6163" align="alignnone" width="1060"] Credit: Mukta Joshi[/caption] Editor's note: Authors: Oishika Neogi with students of the Stabile Class of 2024. Photos and videos contributed by Zirui Yang, Yeonseung Kim, Gabriela Henriquez, Mukta Joshi, Samaa Khullar, Khadija Alam, Natasha Bracken, and Carli Koojiman. Fact-checking by Curtis Brodner,
What followed was the forging of a friendship between two strangers halfway across the world, from Dublin to Gaza.
One topic that surfaces during Irish comedy shows is the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine.
How effective are protest movements and how are they often remembered?
[caption id="attachment_6139" align="alignnone" width="1060"] A public safety officer stands in the doorway of Hamilton Hall on May 1, 2024, a day after police raided the protests at Columbia University. (Credit: Indy Scholtens)[/caption] Days after the arrest of protesters that occupied Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall, the presence
Here's a timeline of demonstrations at Columbia University.
NYPD arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University. The actions can particularly endanger the visa status and educational futures of international students who were involved.
Sources said that people were maced and that one person fell down the stairs.
