OPINIONS
Mon, March 16, 2026
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Noam Chomsky and the Hypocrisy of Leftwing men
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Like many on the left, I have always looked up to public intellectual Noam Chomsky’s analyses and critiques of contemporary politics, from Palestine to U.S. imperialism. I also believed him when he said he was…
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Open letter: Alumni oppose permanent closure of GPIA
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This open letter was previously submitted by alumni of the Julien J. Studley Programs in International Affairs to university leadership in response to their decision to discontinue the MA/MS programs. We, alumni of the Julien…
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Campus: Out of Order
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When I enrolled at Parsons School of Design, I expected difficult assignments and long studio…
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Where my dining dollars go to die
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According to The New School’s official meal plan site, students on the Two Meal Plan…
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I’ll take my city neat, no ICE
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In this new era of “the war on crime,” the National Guard has been deployed…
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Opinion: Joel Towers: A bad feeling or a new hope?
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During my first semester studying architecture, I was in Design Studio 1, and Joel Towers happened to be a critic on my first architectural design review. From the other critics that day feedback was mainly,…
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It’s alive!!! Why this author uses it/its pronouns
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“I’m sorry, but I don’t think I can call you that” is one of those phrases you wouldn’t expect from a pronoun circle in Freshman year. Yet so began my journey of the first time…
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A letter from the Opinions Desk
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Write an opinion with us, it may change your life. At 17, I began to realize that I was moving into womanhood. I could tell that people, men specifically, perceived me differently. This was especially…
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Opinion: The New School’s poster policy has been unequally enforced on TNS SJP
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The New School’s poster policy was first announced in December of last year and states that students, faculty, and staff acting in their personal capacity unrelated to New School activities cannot put up posters. Registered…
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The old “New” problem: How do we recover our progressive legacy?
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Zoe Hussain, the Managing Editor of News and Opinion, responds to the arrest of members of The New School’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment and protecting free speech. If you’ve walked by The New School’s campus the…
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What we can learn from Rory’s gap semester in ‘Gilmore Girls’
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There is a common stigma around gap years, something that even “Gilmore Girls” fans are not immune to considering the excessive slander Rory received for taking time off. We can learn a lot from Rory.…