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In Our Solitude
On the pandemic’s post-crisis feeling of loss.

Sylvie Epstein


When Resiliency Runs Out
What happens when you can’t outrun your illnesses anymore?

Elysa Caso-McHugh


Labor of Love
Professor couples on their marriage of the head and the heart.

Maya Weed


“Students First”
Under Chegg’s corporate strategy, student insecurity is a marketable good.

Cy Gilman


The E-Word
An extended inquiry into Columbia’s coveted pile of oddly untouchable gold.

Lyla Trilling


The Limits of Accountability
A year on Columbia Debate Society.

Claire Shang


Who Are We Scrolling For?
Reflections on anonymity and abuse.

Kelsey Kitzke


“Big Problems” at Barnard
First-Year Experience directors offer bandaids for 2020’s many bullet holes.

Becky Miller


Pesky Pathologies
A wild goose chase for a therapist—in this economy!

Nicole Kohut


Fueling the Future
Climate activists and academics on Columbia's long-awaited divestment from fossil fuels.

Claire Schweitzer & Jai Qureshi


A Force for Good
Columbia Covid protocols in the Morningside area surface questions of care for our neighbors.

Annelie Hyatt


Posting Into the Void
You, me, and everyone else’s Substack newsletters.

Sophie Poole


Out of Housing and Home
For students who face housing insecurity, Columbia is as ruthless a landlord as any.

Elysa Caso-McHugh


The Formidable First
Black and South Asian students confront a nation as Kamala Harris enters the West Wing.

Victor Omojola


Striking for More Than Spare Change
Columbia YDSA leads a historic tuition strike for students, workers, and community members alike.

Eliza Rudelavige and Billie Forester


The Future is Femcel
Even in the celibate cybersphere, there’s a gender gap.

Chloë Gottlieb


Artists of Artifice
A dispatch from dispo culture.

Claire Shang


Something’s Gotta Give
Student donors won’t let their elite confines stop them from saving the world.
Bella Devaan


Zombie No Go Think, Unless You Tell Am To Think
From Nigeria to Columbia, Black solidarity to end police brutality.

Victor Omojola


Defund CU Athletics
Or at least let me onto the basketball team.

Michael Colton
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