On Essays
Travis Bartley The etymology of ‘essay’ is a familiar cliché that I’ve come to indulge with students at...
Monthly Archives: September 2020
Pandemic Times: Will the technological revolution change the world as we know it?
Pamela Salazar The South Korean philosopher Byung-Chul Han has stated that “we are heading for a biopolitical surveillance...
Survey Results: Covid’s Impact on GC Students
Olivia Wood In late March, during the still-early stages of CUNY’s transition to online learning and the city-wide...
DYSTOPIAN FUTURES
Maria Heyaca Gradually, even the ability to imagine alternatives begins to fade (Peter Schrag, Mind Control, 1979) There...
The momentum of change
Kayleigh Stack What do our current displays of anger, rage and hurt communicate? I asked myself this after returning...
Not Today: Cancelling Pride was the right decision. That doesn’t make it O.K.
Julianna Dudley Maher This week a friend invited me, by email, to 2020 Virtual Pride. I am an...
Academic Accountability and Critical Hope in the Age of the Coronavirus: Grasping for words while drowning in grief
Emese Ilyes How do we continue to find the words with which to reach each other even while...
Five reasons Kamila Harris is a risky pick for Joe Biden
David O Monda An old Chinese adage states, “may you live in interesting times“. Ironically, interesting times do...
Our Changing Landscape
Ashley Marinaccio When I first learned about Covid-19 in February, like many others, I thought it was another...
