“Who are you?”: Reflections from a university student jailed and tortured in Maduro’s Venezuela

Illustration by Erica Kruse

In 2018, then-22-year-old Victor Navarro was arbitrarily and illegally detained in El Helicoide, “Venezuela’s largest and more notorious torture center,” according to the Human Rights Foundation (HRF). As…

An evening worth $100,000: annual Parsons Benefit will honor Neiman Marcus CEO and Naomi Campbell

The 2023 Parsons Benefit will take place at Cipriani Wall Street. Image via Cipriani website

The annual Parsons School of Design Benefit is set to take place Wednesday, May 24, at Cipriani Wall Street. In prior years, the event has stirred controversy due…

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” co-producer Fenton Bailey is optimistic about the new age of media

Liesl Schillinger moderates a panel with RuPaul’s Drag Race co-producer Fenton Bailey at 65 W 11th Street, 5th Floor Wollman Hall B 500. Photo By: Theo Lim-Jisra

The co-producer of MTV’s hit reality show “RuPaul’s Drag Race” told an audience of New School students that he believes we are living through a “media revolution.” “This…