Indy at 15: Covering 9/11
I thought a bomb had gone off. It was 9:59 a.m. I was working in an office building on…
The Indypendent
Mike Burke
All eyes will be on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change this December as global leaders descend…
Hudson Contaminates Go to Texas
DIRTY WATER: General Electric is finally dredging up PCB soil contamination in the Hudson River after decades of releasing…
Breaking News: NYU Students Begin Sit-In
Between 60 and 75 New York University students have occupied the third floor of the Kimmel Center for University…
Spanish Harlem Mourns Death of Joe Cuba, the Father of New York Boogaloo
One of the most famous sons of Spanish Harlem, Joe Cuba, has died at the age of 78. In…
More evidence has emerged that the New York police department lied about key aspects of the police shooting of…
History Repeats Itself in NSA Spy Scandal
In early February, Congress is expected to hold hearings to examine whether President Bush broke the law when he…
Habeus Corpus Bites the Dust: Court Rules Detention For Life Without Trial is ‘Legal’
A federal appeals court has ruled that the government can indefinitely detain U.S. citizens without trial. The ruling came…
Gitmo Prisoners on Hunger Strike
As many as 200 detainees at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, an occupied section of Cuba, are…
Three days before Katrina hit, Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco declared a state of emergency. A day later Mississippi followed…