Lessons from Barcelona’s movement for Palestine, and how the Global Sumud Flotilla built power By Caroline Nieto and Talia Reiss Illustration by Ellie Lin This piece was published in collaboration with The College Hill Independent , a Providence-based publication run by Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design students. On the evening of October 1, 2025, Arnau Rot was drinking tea at a bar in Barcelona. He was gearing up for an early morning and a long day of prote

The Maysles Documentary Center keeps the spark of Harlem’s art film scene alive. By Caroline Nieto Illustration by Selin Ho I ran to the M60+ to hitch a ride to the intersection at 125th street and Malcolm X Boulevard–a locale that was once called “the Mecca of Harlem,” an artistic hub that spawned from the fallout of the Harlem Renaissance. The intersection got its name from the inception of performance spaces there during the latter half of the twentieth century, with the A

Traversing the horror of the domestic sphere. By Caroline Nieto Illustration by Isabelle Oh Eleanor Johnson is a professor of English and Comparative Literature and the author of four books, the most recent of which, Scream With Me: Horror Films and The Rise of American Feminism , was published just last month, on September 30th. Throughout her time at Columbia, Johnson has taught about the earliest depictions of horror in popular literature, specifically in her course “Hist

Online street interviews reveal the wider perception of Columbia students. By Caroline Nieto Illustration by Selin Ho In New...