The New Context

The Student Journal of International Affairs at The New School

Day: July 23, 2019

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A Prison Among Palm Trees

CW: This article contains accounts of human trafficking, sexual assault, and violence against women and children.  On the pristine beaches of Trinidad and Tobago, you can find tourists, fishermen, and camps. Yet, surrounded by the cascading leaves of coconut trees, […]

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Can the Trump Administration Follow Through on Decriminalizing Homosexuality?

            More than a third of UN member states continue to criminalize homosexuality, including seven nations where consensual gay sex is punishable by death. In February 2019, the Trump administration vowed to end this discrimination globally. The media responded with […]

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When Cat Callers Can’t Clam Up

(The photos that appear in this piece were taken by the author during a trip to Havana’s Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. The artworks were made by Cuban painters in the last century.) When University of Havana sociologist Magela Romero […]