Byline: Alex Norbrook

A Banlieue Dance

A portrait of the Saint-Denis suburb of Paris, as told through a pickpocketing.

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What We Lose to Lithium

How a lithium mine in Nevada is compromising Indigenous autonomy, and the danger of letting it go on.

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Letter From the Editors

Dominant institutions of power have co-opted “culture,” fragmenting it in the process; universities are censored, while mainstream publications ignore the needs and concerns of younger generations, increasingly reflecting outdated sentiments.  We’re aware that meditating on “culture,” rather than subsistence, is … Read More

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The Construction of Concealment: Princeton’s Geo-Exchange System and Why We Can’t See It

What do we miss when we complain about construction?

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Princeton’s Mediterranean Mosaic Hunt

In the 1930s, Princeton ran its own ‘grand’ colonial excavation in the Near East. What happened next?

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Letter from the Editors

Dear Reader, We’ll keep this quick. This week, we explore ways of caring – for loved ones, for music, for you, the reader. Our writers investigate the modern dilemma of “chalance” and caring too much, grapple with loss and the … Read More

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Letter from the Editor

Dear reader, For the sake of self-preservation we often seek ways to evade burdensome truths. We paint over prickly facts and banish their stubborn consequences from view. What more effective place to encourage denial than a university, where to advance … Read More

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Letter from the Editors

This week, the Nass sheds its navel-gazing literary skin and reveals a journalistic underbelly.    We are thrilled to present to you the launch issue of Second Look, the Nassau Weekly’s latest venture. The Second Look section brings the Nass … Read More

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Letter from the Editor

At this time in the year, one starts to think about escape — a dreamy kind of escape, from stuffy rooms into warming air and budding trees; and a more wishful kind to cope with the sense of unravelling that … Read More

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Letter from the Editor

This week, the Nass reflects on movement and the conditions that govern it. We like to imagine written words dancing on the page: in flux, unrestricted, and active, a magazine whose words destabilize but don’t displace.  As demonstrated in this … Read More

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Letter from the Editors

Dear reader, There is a pressing discomfort in the knowledge that no image is necessarily real. Generative AI first dissolved trust in mundane photos, then spread to images of personal and collective value. We reflect on this with some hesitation—the … Read More

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Letter from the Editors

Dear all, Did you miss us? We certainly missed you. For the past three years, this magazine has brought us close community and constant inspiration. Now, we are thrilled to inaugurate Volume 49 of the Nassau Weekly. At its core, … Read More

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