The Indypendent
Eleanor J. Bader
New Exhibit Takes Aim at Gun Culture and Its Pathologies
As mass shootings become “normal” again from Atlanta to Boulder, Karen M. Gutfreund invites to explore the toxic culture that feeds our gun obsession.
War No More: 250 Years of Military Dissenters and Deserters Celebrated in New Book
From the Revolutionary War onward, dissident U.S. soldiers have defied the brass and fought for peace.
Marisel Vera’s new novel chronicles the joys and sorrows of a Puerto Rican family displaced from one U.S. colony to another.
Fifty Years of a Black Panther Friendship
Former Baltimore Black Panther Eddie Conway did 44 years for a crime he likely did not commit. During that time, he struck up a close friendship with Paul Coates that continues to this day despite their differences.
If it’s Tuesday afternoon, it’s tea time in the park. And, mind you, that’s High Tea, served from the…
A Poet Recounts Teaching at Men’s Prisons in ‘Hummingbird’
From 1992 to 2008, award-winning poet and playwright Deborah Tobola taught writing to inmates at several men’s prisons in…
The Equal Rights Amendment is Back
The Constitutional amendment is one state from the ratification threshold. But will it count?
As fast-food and low-wage workers nationwide fight for an increase in the minimum wage, many of New York’s restaurant…
