By Jennifer Torres As Wagner students know, graduate school can be an extremely difficult experience, but for first-generation students, the experience is layered with many additional challenges.
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Did Arlington County Fund Its Own Housing Crisis?
By Brittany Mazzurco Muscato Last month marked the one-year anniversary of Amazon’s highly-anticipated HQ2 announcement. Although Amazon has since abandoned its plans to build in Long Island
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Beyond the Cost: Barriers to Accessing College
The American higher education system is not working.
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MTA Fare Enforcement: Criminalizing Poverty through Public Transportation Fares
By Tasia Hawkins On October 28th in Brooklyn, passengers fled a subway car while more than 10 police officers pointed guns at a 19-year-old for the alleged
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Journal Review: Mass Incarceration in a Spatial Context
By Gloria Zhang SUMMARY Mass incarceration is traditionally associated with and studied in the context of inequalities in large inner cities. Jessica Simes, an Assistant Professor of
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A More Welcoming Community Starts with You
By Anjana Sreedhar We’re all here for a reason. In this case, I don’t mean in a deep, philosophical way. I’m talking about why we’re here at
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Providing Tools for Healthy Relationships
By Cristina da Silva Trigger Warning: This post discusses and depicts dating violence which may be disturbing to some readers. Without the tools to maintain and engage
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Carbon Dividends: Equitable and Effective Climate Policy
By David Beech “DENIAL IS NOT A POLICYâ€Â Whereas most people at last week’s climate strike held signs condemning a lack of action, few were dedicated to
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Fighting Climate Change in Urban Green Spaces
The world is literally on fire. Last month, attention turned to the Amazon, the so-called lungs of the earth, as devastating fires caused by illegal deforestation burned
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WSA President: Your Graduate Experience is What You Make of It
By David Aronov The true value of Wagner isn’t just in the classroom or doing homework, but also in the events organized by the student groups or
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