Issues

What Did Political Asylum Have to Do with These Saudi Sisters’ Death?

Last week, the bodies of Tala Farea, 16, and Rotana Farea, 22, were discovered in the Hudson River. In a gruesome turn of events, the girls had been duct-taped together, facing one another. Authorities have revealed that the two Saudi natives had recently applied for US asylum. Despite the outrageously suspicious circumstances surrounding their death,…

Culture

That Time Even ‘Humans of New York’ Had Enough of Trump

The internet has been Trumping for quite some time now. We all got Trumped: Latinos, Blacks, Asian, Muslims, poor and middle class. Latinos are rapists. Poor people are lazy. Muslims are terrorists. Even Bush had enough, and stated that Trump “will not insult his way into the presidency.” …Or will he? The polls are booming…

Identity Videos Issues

James Blake and The Problem of Racial Profiling

Residents of New York have three core nicknames with which to identify New York’s most vicious gang, the NYPD: “Pigs,” “The Boys,” and “Officer, what are you talking about I’m not resisting.” While to anyone else these may seem rude and anti-police, the names make sense when you look at the statistics and videos confirming…