What I Learned during the Forever Wars
Many people my age went off to fight in Afghanistan and Iraq. Our paths would cross again when they returned.
The Indypendent
Derek Ludovici
Support our Troupes: Workers at Smaller Theaters Win Pay & Labor Equity
As of April 2, entertainment venues in New York have the green light to resume operations at 33% capacity,…
A Union’s Strength Comes from the Power to Strike
How union organizer and theorist Jane McAlevey is mentoring a new generation of union militants.
COVID-19 Hits NYC’s Black and Brown Working Class the Hardest
In the month since Gov. Andrew Cuomo instituted a stay-at-home order, New York City has taken on a different…
Nine Years After Arab Spring, Repression in Egypt Continues to Mount
As Egypt rounds out nine years since the revolution that forced out former President Hosni Mubarak it has moved…
No Country For Old Men: Two US Veterans And Peace Activists Go MIA in Ireland
Though they have received little media attention here in the United States, two American peace activists have been legally…
The Dark Side of Sunnyside Yard
If a New York City Economic Development Corporation proposal goes through, western Queens would become the site of a…
Activist Scholars Take on Big Developers
Hudson Yards, New York City’s newest neighborhood, costing the city 5.6 billion taxpayer dollars, opened March 15. Who asked…
In response to the New York City’s fallout with Amazon, proponents of the $3 billion corporate welfare package laid…