Hennessy Garcia led a Black Lives Matter march through Washington Square Park in New York City, during the summer of 2020, toting a loudspeaker and hair scrunchies. As she handed the megaphone off like a torch to people who wanted to voice their thoughts on police brutality and the justice system, a woman unaffiliated with the march made her way to the front and stripped naked. Garcia laughed.
Upon visiting Kayleigh’s social media pages, users are greeted with vibrant blue, aquamarine, white and green color palettes. Scrolling through her feed is like being teleported into an underwater world: there are videos of her redirecting sharks, pictures from her trip to Belize, clips of her diving with whales and shots of her “strolling” through the seagrass. Her content is an escape for avid scuba divers or marine life lovers who are confined within the walls of tiny apartments. It can also serve as an educational resource for those who are unfamiliar with the ocean and the creatures that inhabit it.
The young adults that Schuellein teaches English to at Oceanside High School are not simply her students. She never uses the word “students” when referring to them. She always calls them “my kids.”
In Suffolk County, Long Island, Viloria-Fisher is in the early stages of a House race in one of New York’s most conservative areas, the 1st Congressional District. If she secures the Democratic nomination, she will face the incumbent Zeldin, who won re-election with a landslide victory in 2016.
Abandoned as a baby in China, Jessica Kelly has felt out of place her whole life. Growing up in a town with little diversity and her American mother’s culture, Kelly struggled to find a place where she belonged. Searching for…
Hannah Mellor works at the Lawrence Alloway Memorial Art Gallery in Stony Brook University’s Melville Library, sitting at a desk just inside the gallery door. During her shifts, she has enough time to do some homework, but every time she…