The New Context

The Student Journal of International Affairs at The New School

Month: May 2018

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What Can We Learn from New Zealand’s Gun Laws?

The debate over gun control in the United States, like most other policy debates, is quite parochial. American politicians, media and public officials — including activists fighting for gun reform — rarely look at the experiences of countries outside the […]

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How Gentrification is affecting Mom-and-Pop Shops in the East Village

I spent my adolescence on the streets of the East Village experiencing its unique and diverse punk subculture. At the heart of the neighborhood and this culture was its small businesses. Tattoo shops, pizzerias, second-hand clothing, and low-budget music shops […]

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The Somali Diaspora Rules the Internet

If you’ve ever asked yourself who on earth still uses internet forums or user groups, the unlikely answer might be Somali people. Every Somali child growing up in the diaspora remembers the popularity of websites like Somali Net, Somali Spot, […]

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Carrying a Jihad- like Hate in the Black Prophetic Tradition: A Response to Black Prophetic Fire by Cornel West

My name is Nyya Toussaint and I am an SGPIA student concentrating in  Governance & Rights. Additionally, I am the first concurrent dual-degree student between The New School and Union Theological Seminary where I study Church & Society. This piece […]