“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…

Co-Vice Chair of the University Student Senate resigns after an impeachment petition was approved

USS Group photo available on their website; Andrade Fearon, USS advisor, and All senators except Kartik Gupta pictured. Photo courtesy of The University Student Senate

The New School University Student Senate’s (USS) Co-Vice Chair of Advocacy, Kartik Gupta, was notified on April 11 that a petition for his impeachment was approved and that…

Indigenous scholars and activists meet at The New School for the UN Water Conference

The second ever UN Water Conference occurred between March 22-24 with hopes of creating solutions to the global water crisis.

Indigenous scholars gathered at The New School last Friday for an official side event of the United Nation’s second ever “Water Conference.” In a two part forum, speakers…

Part-time faculty strike ends as The New School and union leaders reach tentative agreement; Students continue occupation of University Center

Part-time faculty and students picket outside The New School University Center at 63 Fifth Ave. on Friday. Photo by Hannah Roberts

Part-time faculty union leaders and New School administrators reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement yesterday, ending the strike after 25 days. The ACT-UAW Local 7902 union, which represents…