The New Context

The Student Journal of International Affairs at The New School

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Running for Peace: A Ukrainian woman’s quest for safety, a brighter future, and the finish line

Viktoriia Gudyma, 30, is a Ukrainian runner, cyclist, and mother. We met in 2020 in Moldova at the Milestii Mici wine run, an annual 10-kilometer race through the largest wine cellar in the world. Participants wear headlamps and run through […]

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Somos las que no se quedan calladas/ We are those who are not silent.

This illustrated oral history features Delia Martínez, a Mexico-city based photographer who, interviewed by New school student Mariana Sanson, describes the process of photographing Mexico’s largest ever women’s march against femicide and gender-based violence. Mariana Sanson: This interview is part […]

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“Football is love”

In this photo essay, Michael de Vulpillieres explores the power of soccer in creating community among West African immigrants in New York City. Abubakar Ahmed Ali shares an apartment in Yonkers, N.Y. with his wife of nearly 17 years, Patricia. Their […]