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How appropriate is cultural appropriation?

By Violet Massie-Vereker, Opinion & Ideas Editor
June 17, 2019

Cultural appropriation has been a contested topic for decades, continuing as a debate in modern culture because of its many forms and definitions. The phenomenon is commonly understood to be the unacknowledged...

A call for climate revolution in Pelham

A call for climate revolution in Pelham

By Violet Massie-Vereker, Opinions & Ideas Editor
February 28, 2019

Can you imagine leaving your job one day a week every week, indefinitely, without the support of your family, colleagues, or representatives to demand immediate, complete restructuring of society? Can...

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One year ago today

By Violet Massie-Vereker, Opinions & Ideas Editor
February 14, 2019

January 1, 2019. Tallahassee, Florida. Five injured. January 4, 2019. Torrance, California. Three killed, four injured. January 13, 2019. Phoenix, Arizona. One killed, five injured. January...

Sarah Palmisciano

The privilege of competing at the world-class Armory Track and Field Center

By Violet Massie-Vereker, Opinions & Ideas Editor
December 11, 2018

The bus rattled to the corner of Fort Washington and 168th Street, and the silver foot of Mercury loomed into view through grime-coated windows. We lugged our bags out of the seats, thanked the driver,...

Reconciling infatuation with food and environmentalist ideals

Reconciling infatuation with food and environmentalist ideals

By Violet Massie-Vereker, Opinions & Ideas Editor
October 10, 2018

Tough, sweet pork with apple sauce. Toasted hot dog bun crab rolls. Sizzling breakfast sausages. Slapped together food truck lamb gyro. Sweet barbecue ribs sticky with Sweet Baby Ray's. Perfectly well...

The website of Childrens Village in Dobbs Ferry explains how to help migrant children separated from their parents.

Migrant children detained in Westchester and breaking the bubble

By Violet Massie-Vereker, Opinions & Ideas Editor
July 24, 2018

You’d be hard put to find someone without knowledge of this summer’s humanitarian crisis: the separation of migrant parents from their children. Whether shying away from the uncomfortable truth or...

Boy Scouts at the 2010 Jamboree.

One Scout, Two Scout, Boy Scouts, New Scouts?

By Violet Massie-Vereker, Opinions & Ideas Editor
June 28, 2018

“No youth may be denied membership in the Boy Scouts of America on the basis of sexual orientation or preference alone.” On May 23, 2013, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) reversed a century-old policy...

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