Zoe Hussain, Author at The New School Free Press

Review: Adrianne Lenker’s ‘Bright Future’ is a ray of sunshine through a murky windowpane

Illustration by Zoe Hussain

“Bright Future” is not an ironic title for Adrianne Lenker’s newest solo album. The Big Thief frontwoman’s musings on the end of the world aren’t meant to inspire…

TNS students are not amused by Biden’s “Dark Brandon” meme

“Dark Brandon” the right-wing meme co-opted by Biden to appeal to younger voters, has had the opposite effect on TNS students. Illustration by Zoe Hussain

After the Kansas City Chiefs won the Feb. 12 Super Bowl game, Instagram users scrolled through images of victory and defeat to find President Joe Biden’s post of…

Election apathy is the new epidemic

It’s no secret young adults are disillusioned about the state of American politics. But what if we used our apathy as a starting point to reimagine what we want our country to look like? Illustration by Ming Chua

It’s no secret young adults are disillusioned about the state of American politics. In 2020, 18-29-year-olds were the demographic most likely to vote for Joe Biden. But as we approach the 2024 presidential election, they are the demographic that has shown the biggest drop in his support. With faltering approval of their Democratic frontrunner, it’s questionable whether young Americans will have as substantial of a voter turnout as they did in the 2020.

We need more open conversations about AI

Students and faculty deserve more transparency about the AI clause in the updated academic integrity policy. Illustration by Clara Waldheim

The New School’s academic integrity policy now defines academic dishonesty as the “unauthorized use of artificial intelligence tools to generate ideas, images, art/design, audio, video, code, or text for any portions of work,” among other points. But what it fails to define is how students and faculty are meant to understand a world where academics, artificial intelligence, and the future of our careers are now intrinsically linked.