Battle For LICH Brooklyn Hospital Escalates
As the Affordable Care Act goes into effect, moves to close a 155-year-old hospital in downtown Brooklyn — and…
The Indypendent
Peter Rugh
How Murdoch, Bill Gates and Big Corporations Are Data Mining Our Schools
Last week, students across New York finished a set of tests taken over a two week period designed to…
NYC Fast-Food Workers Fight Back Against Super-Sized Corporations
Tianna Smalls had planned on working Thursday, but her colleagues convinced her otherwise. “‘You’re either with us, or you’re…
Police Shooting of Brooklyn Teen Sparks Protest
“You’re going to miss me when I’m gone.” Those words were posted on Facebook by teenager Kimani “Kiki” Gray…
Two Years On, the Lessons of Fukushima Still Unheeded
The word Fukushima translates into English as "happy island," and Diiachi as "beautiful." But the triple nuclear reactor meltdowns…
‘Mi Lucha Es Tu Lucha’ – Occupy Sandy’s Collective Recovery
It was Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, and the sound of pounding drums mingled with subway steel rattling underground,…
Will Occupy and Unions Reunite On the Docks?
On a cold December morning, before sunrise in New York's Chinatown,about 60 activists gathered in front of Dunkin' Donuts…
As New York Fracking Moratorium Nears expiration, Activists Vow to Take Action
Hundreds of clinched fists were raised Wednesday afternoon at Albany’s Empire Convention Center. Behind a security checkpoint defended by…
Hurricane Sandy Relief Turns to Protest
The stakes are high for people in the Rockaways. More than month and a half after Superstorm Sandy, winter…
Low-Wage Workers Rising Up in New York City
A line typically forms at the door of this Wendy’s in Downtown Brooklyn during lunch hour. Not today. That’s…