The Progressive Insurgency Against the Democratic Machine Shows No Sign of Abating
Tremaine Wright served on her neighborhood’s community board for more than a decade before being elected to the State…
The Indypendent
John Tarleton
Kim Phillips-Fein: What NYC’s Fiscal Crisis of the 1970s Can Teach Us Today
The author of ‘Fear City: New York’s Fiscal Crisis And The Rise of Austerity Politics,’ offers insight.
AOC: ‘It’s Not Just What We’re Fighting For, But How We’re Fighting For It’
We spoke with the freshman congresswoman while she campaigned in Queens and the Bronx this week about Black Lives Matter, the way power works in Washington and what she hopes the country will look like when she is the same age as her mentor, Bernie Sanders.
Home Foreclosure Specialist Aims to Take Fight For Housing & Racial Justice from Astoria to Albany
Zohran Mamdani is harnessing thousands of small-dollar donations and grassroots power ahead of June 23’s Democratic primary in the race to represent Assembly District 36.
Displaced Tenant Wants to Move Into the State Capitol
After Marcela Mitaynes’ family lost their apartment to a predatory landlord, she became a tenant organizer. 14 years later, she’s seeking to evict one of the State Assembly’s most powerful members and take his seat.
As Pandemic Continues, Brooklynites Have a Chance to Elect a Socialist Nurse
Meet Phara Souffrant Forrest.
Primary Primer: A Voter’s Guide to Some of the Most Hotly Contested Races on the NY Ballot
New York is a one-party city where elections are almost always determined in the Democratic primary. Until 2018 these…
Domino Effect: Can Millennial Leftists Topple More Machine Incumbents in NY’s June 23 Primaries?
A crowd of purple-clad supporters had gathered around an overhead television set at one end of a bar in…
The NYPD Has Its Own Scandinavian Welfare State
The ruling class rewards its cops with pay and benefits that are inconceivable for most 21st century working stiffs.
Interview: Alex Vitale On Shrinking The NYPD To Smallest Possible Size
“Get these people out of our lives in every way we possibly can,” says the author of ‘The End of Policing.’