Brooklyn Tenants Battle Real Estate Goliath
Crown Heights residents joined with city and state officials outside a large apartment complex on Sunday to denounce one…
The Indypendent
Alex Ellefson
The Battle for Climate Justice Gets Some Drama, and a Six-legged Frog
“I don’t know of another play that was inspired by someone and then that someone ends up being in…
Net Neutrality: A ‘Kitchen Table Issue’ for New Yorkers
Zephyr Teachout, the progressive candidate who challenged Governor Andrew Cuomo in this year’s Democratic Party primary, joined a chorus…
‘We Want to Show What’s at Stake’: Rockaway Residents Demand Climate Action
When protestors fill the streets of Manhattan on September 21 to demand that world leaders address global warming, a…
Florida Teen: My Beating by Israeli Police Was a “Taste” of Palestinian Life
When 15-year-old Tariq Abu Khdeir left his home in Florida to begin a six-week summer vacation in Palestine, he…
Crown Heights Tenant Union Shows The Way
Crown Heights, the neighborhood east of the Brooklyn Museum and the tranquil fields of Prospect Park, has the fastest…
Organizers Promise Big Turnout for People’s Climate March
Climate change activists representing a sprawling coalition of more than 500 groups vowed Wednesday at a Times Square press…
“Shame on You!” Protestors Shout at NYC Pro-Israel Pols
It was a startling scene on Monday outside a pro-Israel press conference in downtown Manhattan. Scores of protestors, separated…
Cuomo Chickens Out on Luncheon, Fracktivists Roast Him Anyway
After Governor Andrew Cuomo abruptly canceled a campaign luncheon outside the Plaza Hotel in Midtown on Tuesday, many protestors…
In the Shadow of Ghandi, Jewish Voice for Peace Urges End to Israeli Crackdown
In the Southwest corner of Union Square, under the gaze of the park’s statue of Mahatma Ghandi, demonstrators lined…