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Sheer Mag introduces their album like this: “Beyond the noxious haze of our national nightmare — as structures of…
From Solitary to Shackles on NYC’s Rikers Island
On Rikers Island, in a cell block for the jail’s most violent inmates, young men sit for hours, feet…
Chinatown Tenants Challenge Evictions
Chinatown has emerged as a battleground in the continuing war over gentrification in New York City. In the latest…
There has been a lot of debate recently about the role of identity politics on the left. I’m hearing…
De Blasio Gets an Earful at Queens Town Hall
Amid protests and a police presence that turned Astoria’s P.S. 70 into a fortress, locals pressed Mayor Bill de…
Busting America’s Welfare Myth
Conservative mythmaking has largely shaped and directed our national dialogue on welfare and government assistance for the past fifty…
Trump Nominating Torture Proponents to Key Posts
It should come as no surprise to anyone that Donald Trump is pro-torture. He said on the campaign trail…
Sufjan Stevens’ Big, Messy Universe
The fate of Earth seems to hang in the balance these days. Misery and mystery surround us, not to…
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