The Indypendent
Renee Feltz
Two years to the day that longtime New York City-based immigrant rights activist Jean Montrevil was deported to Haiti,…
Interview: Journalist Lewis Wallace Refuses to be ‘Neutral’ in the Age of Trump
Just days after President Trump’s inauguration in 2017, one of the only trans people working as a national broadcast…
‘Imprisoned’ Highlights Human Fallibility in the Criminal Justice System
Hollywood studios invest vast sums of money in the films they produce, and the stories they tell tend to…
“Kids in Cages” at the Border Find Terra Firma in the Bronx
Unaccompanied children who come alone from Central America to seek asylum in the United States have complex legal, medical…
Fighting Mass Incarceration From Within, Progressive DAs Lead The Way
Tiffany Cabán’s attempt at an upset victory in the Queens District Attorney race comes as voters around the country…
Prison Reformers Call For a Fully-Staffed, Diverse Parole Board. Will Gov. Cuomo Listen?
Even after Gov. Andrew Cuomo met Judith Clark and was so struck by her “exceptional strides in self-development” that…
When Women Take on Mass Incarceration
If you feel fed-up with criminal justice reform efforts touted by the Koch brothers that leave our prison industrial…
There Are a Deluge of Feminist Films Screening in NYC This Month
Not one woman was nominated for Best Director in the 2019 Academy Awards. But this month many festivals in…
Safe Haven: TPS Recipients Fend Off Trump Attacks
In a video by the Massachusetts-based rights group Centro Presente, 10-year-old Gabriella describes herself as a U.S. citizen who…