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The Monitor

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The Monitor

Election this, election that, What are we actually voting for?

Election this, election that, What are we actually voting for?

Elliott Case, Editor in Chief October 3, 2024

Scrolling through social media, watching the news, and talking to friends and family, it’s as if the only topic of conversation is the presidential election, but the important topic that gets pushed...

Climate Week NYC Is Hosting 400 Events and Activities This Week

Climate Week NYC Is Hosting 400 Events and Activities This Week

Joanna Insco, Staff Writer September 21, 2023

Climate Week NYC is bringing together individuals from all over the world to celebrate environmental victories and push for further climate action during the week of September 17-24.  This annual event...

Memphis Skycops: Good or Bad?

Memphis Skycops: Good or Bad?

Najla Alexander, Crime Reporter/Features Editor March 13, 2023

The Memphis police department has cameras or Skycops installed all around its’ city to record live surveillance of their streets to catch any possible criminal activity and have it stored in a police...

NYC Continues Early Voting as President Biden Visits

NYC Continues Early Voting as President Biden Visits

Monica Joseph and Alexis Zizzo, Head Copy Editor and Guest Writer October 31, 2022

On Monday Oct. 31, 80th St was occupied by notable police presence and steel barricades that separated curious onlookers from a motorcade traversing down 5th Avenue. President Biden's motorcade entered...

Your Vote Matters: The Monitor’s Guide to NYC Voter Registration

Your Vote Matters: The Monitor’s Guide to NYC Voter Registration

Monica Joeseph, Head Copy Editor October 9, 2022

This Year’s Midterm Elections are taking place on Tuesday Nov. 8. If you haven’t already, you can still register to vote in New York City, as long as you have been a resident for at least 30 days....

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The Problem with Voting by Mail Continued: An Election in Peril

Seamus Fallon, Lead Copy Editor September 14, 2020

In March, right before the pandemic shattered our worlds, I wrote an article on the fatal flaws of voting by mail.  Now, as we just passed the 60-day countdown to election day, states are starting to...

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The Problem with Voting by Mail and Absentee

Seamus Fallon, Staff Writer March 16, 2020

I have waited eight years to vote, it was the night of Obama’s reelection. I was at an election party in California that was set up by a friend of mine who was running for city council and I was there,...

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Was the Senate Trial Fair?

Seamus Fallon, Staff Writer February 18, 2020

On Wednesday, February 5th, after two weeks and six days of endless rhetoric and debate, the United States Senate acquitted President Donald Trump of two articles of impeachment ratified by the House of...

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Decolonize This Place

Neil Gunnion, Staff Writer February 18, 2020

On January 31st, 2020 around 500 protestors gathered in Grand Central Terminal to protest recent increases in hiring for the MTA Police; an action which is part of a larger effort by the governor to crack...

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Kamala Harris Drops Out of the Election

Neil Gunnion, Staff Writer December 16, 2019

Kamala Harris, the Democratic senator from California has announced that she will be leaving the race for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. Harris, one of two black women serving in the...

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BREXIT MAY POSE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE U.S.

Seamus Fallon, Staff Writer November 2, 2019

On June 23rd, 2016, Britain voted 17 to 15 million to vacate the European Union and become their own entity and on March 29th, 2017, then UK Prime Minister,  Theresa May, submitted notice to the EU that...

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