Confessions of a Census Worker
As I get ready to go out for a shift of census work, I try to think about how…
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Amba Guerguerian
Meet New York City’s Newest Neighborhood: Abolition Park
At the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge, City Hall Park lies in a cold-stone land where law and order…
The City Hall Occupiers in Their Own Words
On June 23, a week before the New York City budget deadline, Black Lives Matter activists began occupying City…
Despite Fee Cap, NYC Restaurants Say Food Delivery Apps Are Eating Up Their Profits
On May 13, City Council passed a bill that caps the amount of delivery, marketing and service fees that…
A Mutual Aid Network Blooms in Bay Ridge
In organizational theory, mutual aid means the exchange of services or resources in which both parties benefit. Mutual aid…
Video: New Yorkers Join Nationwide Demonstrations Demanding Justice for George Floyd
More protests are scheduled for today in Brooklyn and Manhattan.
From the Border to NYC: COVID-19 Makes Life Even More Precarious for the Undocumented
At a refugee camp in Mexico, detention centers in Texas, New York and New Jersey, on the streets of Brooklyn — here’s how immigrant communities are responding to the threat of the virus. And how to help.
Rikers Update: Prisoners Were Told They Were Being Released, Only to Be Transferred
The Indypendent recently spoke with an inmate on Rikers about conditions at the jail complex, where, as of Sunday,…
A Waiter’s Story: How COVID-19 Cost Me My Job & My Work Community
Here’s the view from inside one family-run establishment.
Inmates on Rikers Island are Fighting for Soap: How to Show Solidarity and Prevent Corona’s Spread
You can’t practice social distancing in jail.