It’s Not Over Yet: Learning from History (Or Not)
I can’t tell you how many times I have heard people on the left speak of others “being on the wrong side of history” in […]
Articles by Michael Castaneda
Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s Lasting Legacy on the U.S.
Last night, on Erev Rosh Hashanah, it was announced Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. She died at the start of the Jewish New Year, which is […]
Breaking Into the Art Market: Nancy Elsamanoudi
Nancy Elsamanoudi is an up and coming Brooklyn based artist, but her path is not a typical one. Her parents are immigrants from Egypt. Her […]
Brooklyn College Online (The Can-Do College That Just May Not)
News to no one is that Brooklyn College is online for the Fall 2020 semester due COVID-19. Yeah, so was Spring 2020, but we didn’t […]
An Abundance of Karens
Calling racists “Karen” isn’t helping. There is no shortage of “Karens” out there. There are racist women and men who will try to crush […]
Productivity at Home During COVID-19
We’re almost there. A couple weeks, then we’re done, but we’re not there yet. The end of term is May 22nd, and before that “finals.” […]
Book Review: Men Without Women” by Haruki Murakami
Sometimes it’s hard to finish a book mid-semester. You are already reading much less enjoyable text for classes and don’t feel like reading more. I […]
Obituary: Moshe Augenstein, Comp Sci Deputy Chair
Moshe Augenstein, Undergraduate Deputy Chair of Computer and Information Science, died of complications from COVID-19 on April 7. He was the second of four within […]
COVID-19 and the Fibonacci Sequence
One of my favorite movies is Pi, written and directed by Darren Aronofsky. I love so many things about this film — from its film […]
Four Meditations Under Lockdown
Every new restriction hits me like a ton of bricks. Every day some new part of our lives gets taken away from us. Every time […]