Category: Current Events

Poor River

“Although the river and its people share the past, on this afternoon, the burden seems unevenly placed. The man whose socks are drying on the concrete can rest in peace knowing that his story has ended.”

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German Parody Party

“It was through squatting that Cörtlen developed an interest in radical politics.”

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Celebrating Community

“Thanks to Princeton, the opportunity was created for the students—but the rest? That’s on them.”

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Unfurnished Furnished

“These photos of Schisto from this past June depict two prefabricated housing units. The first set is an empty trailer just before new residents moved in. The second set is the trailer of Mohammed (pictured in the doorway) and his family.”

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Suburban Meditation

“What I wanted to do was ask her if she knew how good she had it: white and pretty and well-to-do and having friends made by her parents from the very beginning.”

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Permanence of Refugee Camps

“He comes to the edge of the water every day in the early afternoon, he said. Last Thursday, nothing would bite.”

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Selling Feminism

“If corporate feminism is the end of feminism, then it is the end of a movement that has been ending for generations—and continues to thrive, most indebted to its harshest critics.”

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An Interview with Chris Hedges and Boris Franklin

Chris Hedges, Pultizer Prize-winner, teaches a creative writing class comprised half of Princeton students and half of inmates at a women’s prison nearby. He and Boris Franklin, a former student of his, spoke to me about the role of education in prisons, the standing of women, and the necessity of divestment from private prisons.

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Check Your Spandex

The privilege of flying standby and the cost of ditching leggings

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Dancing Around the “S-word”

One student’s controversial dance piece becomes the centerpiece of a conversation about mental health on campus

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#Nassau #Weekly #NassauWeekly

“We’d love to have you on our team! Don’t think of it as working for the Nass; think of it as letting the Nass work for you.”

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A Law Against Inaction

The implications of Israel’s anti-BDS travel ban

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