A New Era for Folk Music Emerges
When Pete Seeger died on January 27, it prompted an outpouring of reflections across all media. Most commentators focused…
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Kids for Cash? You Be the Judge
Perhaps the most dramatic encounter in the “Kids for Cash” scandal — in which some 3,000 teenagers in central…
Learning Lessons for Next Keystone XL Battle
When Steven DaSilva, a retired high school science teacher and member of the Sierra Club, first learned that the…
Seven Reasons to Oppose Keystone XL
The Keystone XL pipeline would allow oil producers to send 830,000 barrels a day of tar sands slurry from…
Homeless Folks Have Real Solutions to the Housing Crisis
Editor’s note: “Homeless people know what’s not working, and they know what needs to change,” say members and staff…
The appointment of William Bratton to be the once and future NYPD police commissioner brought groans from many police…
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NYC Blizzard Reminds Us Public Employees Are Not the Enemy
The Indypendent is currently in the middle of its annual winter fund drive. Your support makes all the difference…
Chicha Libre Flows Freely in Brooklyn
Globalization isn’t a new phenomenon. Still, it’s easy to forget how much rapid cross-pollination existed even before this century.…
The battle lines have been drawn and the Inside-the-Beltway media circus is underway. As the Affordable Care Act (or…
Creative Nonfiction: ‘Call It Affirmative Action Orgasms’
"Here,” I said, and gave her a petite, tourist shop bell. “If you’re stressed out, bored and want an…
