Design by Zury Cordova By Alyssa Beaumont After the establishment of TikTok’s new U.S.-owned-and-operated branch, CNBC reported a 150% increase in users deleting the app. Many people have raised concerns over potential privacy infringements and censorship in favor of pro-U.S. propaganda. Such fears bear a striking resemblance to those that were levied against ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company.  In response to China’s rumored control over TikTok, Senator Mark Warner,

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

Photography by Jayden Pantoja By Fiona Fahey January 25, 2026 was not a typical Sunday in New York City. As New Yorkers huddled indoors and prepared for the start of a new week, approximately 11.4 inches  of snow fell atop the vast terrain of Manhattan’s Central Park. Surrounding neighborhoods in Brooklyn and northeastern Queens saw snow totals nearing 10 to 12 inches. School and workplace closures swiftly followed, and residents of the five boroughs awaited the implementatio