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“I Love My Culture”: Leonard Peltier on His Life and Art
Indigenous activist and former political prisoner Leonard Peltier talks about his art his release from prison with The Indy.
NYC High School Journalism Programs to Receive Almost $300,000 in New City Council Funding
Students and teachers gathered on City Hall steps to promote high school journalism — and advocate for its expansion.
The New York City Economic Development Corporation, described by an expert as “the mayor’s private company,” could be a source of public good.
Judith Malina, In Her Own Words
The co-founder of the The Living Theatre, Karen Malpede writes, was a “a brilliant visionary, a fearless artist and a dazzling conversationalist.”
Thousands of Diverse Pro-Palestine Protesters March to the UN as Netanyahu Speaks to GA
Israel’s notorious Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stayed in New York City for less than eight hours while 100 protesters were arrested at a sit-in and thousands marched to the UN in solidarity with Palestine.
Mobile Food Pantries Reach New Yorkers Afraid of ICE, But Hochul Won’t Fund Them
One family in Washington Heights would rather share a single apple among three children than risk standing in a…
NYPD data nerd Jack Maple and billionaire mayor Michael Bloomberg are featured in this selective retelling of the past half-century of NYC’s history.
The Strange Politics of Giving Paraprofessionals More Money
NYC’s most under-paid educators got organized – and are now caught in a complicated political crossfire.
A Moment in the Sun: How Black New Yorkers Sought to Redefine Freedom in Pre-Civil War NYC
In his new book, Historian Shane White tells the story of a vibrant community of Black Americans and of integration in the years before the Civil War.