Design by Max Pearson By Max Pearson If one thing defined Zohran Mamdani's mayoral campaign, it was ambitious ideas. Promising universal child care, rent freezes, free buses, and a $30 minimum wage, Mamdani's progressive stances strongly appealed to young New Yorkers feeling the squeeze of inflation and an increasing cost of living. With 75% of voters aged 18-29 voting for Mamdani (including 83% of Black youth, 85% of young Latinos, and 82% of young women), the new mayor ente

Design by Alessa Adhikari By Fahmid Alam “When the poor have nothing else to eat, they will eat the rich.” Once a sentiment made by Jean-Jacques Rousseau during the wealth inequality of the French Revolution, the words have been reclaimed and neatly repackaged into the ‘eat-the-rich’ movement of today, a preemptive defense against the rising disparity levels between classes that deems it necessary once again. Particularly, from January 2025 to January 2026 alone, the Consum

Image Credit: Kevin Payravi By Fiona Fahey The year was 1964 — the Summer Olympics found their home in post-war Japan, The Beatles’ prevailing voices carried them away from Second Elizabethan England, and the United States, still reeling from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, was standing on the cusp of a social revolution. The steady application of the nearly century-old Jim Crow laws heavily restricted the lives of non-White Americans, with nearly 12% of the

Photography by Fiona Fahey By Fiona Fahey The distinctive howl of bagpipes is nearly inescapable as commuters move through Midtown Manhattan’s congested avenues on Saint Patrick’s Day. Named in honor of Ireland’s patron saint, the holiday is one of the most recognizably celebrated in New York City each year. The New York City Saint Patrick’s Day Parade in Manhattan is the oldest and largest of its kind and generates an annual crowd of approximately 2 million spectators. Rou

Photography by Alyssa Beaumont By Alyssa Beaumont Student-directed climate advocacy group TREEage assembled over 1,000 students from across the state and over 20 partner organizations to lobby lawmakers in Albany. The coalition marched through the Capitol building and met with state leaders on March 17 to demand the passage and protection of a series of sustainability and social justice legislations. TREEage played a key role in the fight to pass the 2019 Climate Leadership a

Photo Credit: Daniel X. O'Neil By Jayden Pantoja On February 4th, The Washington Post, under the direction of Jeff Bezos, announced layoffs of more than 300 journalists. The billionaire owner of Amazon and The Post forwarded the strategic plan to Executive Editor Matt Murray and Publisher Will Lewis when the company announced its plans to restructure. Despite Murray saying that these layoffs were due to a “strategic reset,” they still affected the organization in different as

Design by Alessa Adhikari By Fahmid Alam In New York City, everyone knows that the cost of living doesn’t come cheap. But an often understated part of New Yorkers' quality of life is whether they can feel safe in the communities they call home. Our justice system lies at the center of this, deciding what behaviors are punished, what risks are tolerated, and what protections are considered to be worth funding. It becomes a reflection of the mentalities it rewards based on who

Design by Christian Branch By Quinn Kinsella, Max Pearson, and Arlen Fox-Helbig Revisiting Emily Brontë’s Seminal Gothic Love Story, Wuthering Heights By Quinn Kinsella Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is one of the most important novels of the 19th century. Scholarship and discourse has never ceased to find new layers to the gothic romance. The book has found an influx in readership with its 2026’s adaptation starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, and helmed by Saltburn d

Design by Zury Cordova By Alyssa Beaumont Capital flight describes the rapid removal of assets or money from a country, typically in response to economic or political instability. TikTok is not a country — though its audience of 1.9 billion monthly users would make it the largest in the world — but it has become a hub for free economic and political discussions. Politicians and corporations recognized this massive global reach as an asset for power and scrambled to take contr

Art by Christian Branch Dear Readers, Welcome to The Paper ’s Spring 2026 chapter. Last semester, we delivered important and diverse news to our CCNY community. We were lucky to recruit a team of talented journalists, designers, and photographers that made our publication shine. We are grateful to them and to you, Readers, for making it all possible. For Spring 2026, our mission is our top priority. Being a beacon of truth for the unheard comes with its own challenges, espe

Photography by Abel Lockhart By Fiona Fahey On November 13, CCNY hosted and sponsored an interfaith workshop that was advertised as a space to “delve into the history and current events of this multifaith world.” This event soon turned tense as CCNY alumnus and scholar Abdullah Mady began to express his discomfort with the presence of Ilya Bratman, the director of Hillel, a Jewish student organization at multiple universities. “I came here to this event not knowing I would b

Photography by Abel Lockhart By Quinn Kinsella Earlier this semester, the theater department at the City College of New York staged Christopher Durang’s comedy Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You. Kicking off the Fall 2025 season, Sister Mary opened on September 25th and closed on the 28th. The play, directed by Marina Visković, was met with controversy, particularly by City College’s Newman Catholic Club, leading to a talkback after one of the performances. Written

Art by Christian Branch By Max Pearson Tradwives. Old money. Sydney Sweeney's jeans. According to a recent Vogue article , this year's fall trends held "a sense of permanence" to be appreciated even by those who "didn't attend equestrian summer camp as a preteen" or didn't "have a family estate to decamp at on the weekends." An Instagram reel from @ womanculture.co contrasts "classy" polo shirts and neutral slacks with "vulgar" baggy jeans and hoodies. One thing is clear: th

Photography by Abel Lockhart By Fiona Fahey Subway surfing has plagued the underground world of New York’s five boroughs for decades. This illegal phenomenon consists of riding on the outside of a moving train car, and it has taken the lives of many New York City youths. In 2025 alone , five New Yorkers across three boroughs have lost their lives to subway surfing and an additional four have been badly injured. Most recently, in the early hours of October 4th, two young girls

Photography by Rex Kwon By Fairuz Omar Raya Past the security desk at the North Academic Center (NAC) at The City College of New York (CCNY) into the lobby, a right turn at the escalators, down the winding hallways, lies a bustling classroom. There, with faint laughter and hushed talks of algebra and calculus, students come together in crowds to advance their education. The Artino Mathematics Tutoring Center (AMTC), located at NAC 1/511, is one of the many tutoring services

Art by Christian Branch By Francisca Lorca The Real ID has officially arrived in New York. The Real ID Act was passed in 2005 as a result...

Photography by Abel Lockhart By Quinn Kinsella During the first week of the 2025 fall semester, the Interfaith & Mediation Space closed...

Dear Readers, Welcome to The Paper ’s 2025-2026 Chapter. As we transition to the new academic year, our mission remains the same. We...

Aladdin’s October 16th launch event in the NAC Cafeteria. All photos by Abram Morris unless noted. By Abram Morris City College, the...

Photo by Elizabeth Reich By Elizabeth Reich and Gershon Salzberg Donald Trump’s second presidency is coming, whether we like it or not....