Alex Neason
Columbia Journalism Review
New York, NY, United States
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A scrappy newspaper’s final cover lacks Voice
Today’s the day: The last print edition of The Village Voice hit newsstands this morning—or it was supposed to, anyways. At 7:20am, I walked two blocks from my Washington Heights apartment looking for a copy. The box was empty. Three boxes near Columbia University’s Morningside Heights campus held the penultimate issue. A woman working at […] → Read More
To Fight Institutional Racism, Teachers Are Going Back to School
The teachers came from every New York City borough and from places as far-flung as Oregon and Washington, D.C. They were milling around a classroom... → Read More
Integrating NYC Schools Will Take More Than A ‘Diversity Plan’
Mayor Bill de Blasio had just taken office in January 2014 when UCLA’s Civil Rights Project released a damning report that identified New York’s schools... → Read More
Betsy DeVos’ ‘Life-Shattering’ Education Budget
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos released her budget proposal on Tuesday — and the cuts are $9.2 billion deep. The plan, whose fate ultimately rests in... → Read More
Betsy DeVos’s ‘Life-Shattering’ Education Budget
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos released her budget proposal on Tuesday — and the cuts are $9.2 billion deep. The plan, whose fate ultimately rests in... → Read More
Driver Who “Wanted To Kill” Times Square Pedestrians Charged With Murder
While prosecutors throw the book at Richard Rojas, advocates want other incidents to be taken seriously, too → Read More
Reminder: Kids Are Small Adults
Middle schoolers from all five boroughs gathered in Union Square to unveil socially conscious art → Read More
Pre-K For Three-Year-Olds Is Coming To NYC — If Someone Steps Up To Pay For It
On the heels of what was perhaps the fastest roll out of free, universal pre-kindergarten in the country, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the city's... → Read More
Saturday: March For Science While We Still Exist
Tomorrow is Earth Day, and around the globe, supporters of science — including scientists, politicians and average citizens — will take to the streets... → Read More
How to Avoid the Tuition Trap: A Student Buyer's Guide
One of the quandaries of figuring out how to pay for college is that by the time you've figured out how heavy a debt load you're likely to find yourself crushed underneath, it's too late to do anything about it. (Colleges don't offer advanced degrees in financing your education —... → Read More
The Free Tuition Trap: Cuomo's Scholarship Plan Is Full of Risky Loopholes
The allure of a free education, says Sara Goldrick-Rab (a professor of higher education policy at Temple University), could ultimately spell disaster... → Read More
How to Avoid the Tuition Trap: A Student Buyer’s Guide
One of the quandaries of figuring out how to pay for college is that by the time you’ve figured out how heavy a debt load... → Read More
Free Public College Has Arrived in New York — With Some Big Catches
Governor Andrew Cuomo's plan to waive tuition fees for some New Yorkers at any two or four-year state college, first covered in the Voice in February,... → Read More
Albany Is A Dysfunctional Sewer But At Least Students Might Have St. Patrick's Day Off Next Year
The state legislature has roughly a week to come up with a budget that sets New York's legislative priorities. Raise the Age reform, which would prevent the state from charging 16 and 17-year-old kids as adults, passed in the Assembly but languishes in the Senate, where Republicans have blocked it... → Read More
Your Guide to Washington Heights: Living the High Life in Manhattan
Once a stretch of rural countryside home to the native Munsee, modern Washington Heights, a hilly neighborhood covering much of Manhattan's northern tip, was named for the fortification where General George Washington's army camped to keep an eye on the advancing Redcoats. The neighborhood has over the years been home... → Read More
Report: Charter Schools Poised To Take A Much Bigger Bite Out Of NYC's Budget
New York City charter schools may be in for a major budget boost, according to a new report from the city's Independent Budget Office, one that puts... → Read More
"Women Are At A Breaking Point": The International Women's Strike Is Tomorrow
Thousands of women across the United States and abroad are expected to go on strike tomorrow, building off a storied tradition of women getting shit... → Read More
Forty Acres Overdue: A Brooklyn Arts Group Talks Reparations
The staff at JACK says progressive Americans' renewed faith in the power of collective action and a national reckoning with the flaws of our government... → Read More
New Yorkers Will Gather At Stonewall Tonight To Protest Trump's Attack On Trans Americans
A coalition of civil rights activists — led by transgender speakers — will gather at the historic Stonewall National Monument tonight to protest the Trump administration's rollback of a federal guideline that allowed transgender students in public schools to use the bathroom aligned with their gender identity. The guideline, passed under... → Read More
Hundreds Gather In Washington Square Park For First General Strike Of 2017
Hundreds of anti-Trump New York City workers and students went gathered in Washington Square Park on Friday for a rally in support of the national strike. Dubbed “F17,” the protest was loosely organized on Facebook and Twitter. At least one coalition of online activists, Strike4Democrazy, spent the last few weeks compiling... → Read More