Indy at 15: ‘I Had Zero Experience’
The first time I saw The Indypendent was at an activist meeting at Hunter College. I was going to…
The Indypendent
Sarah Stuteville
Power Politics Trumps Democracy in U.S.-backed Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia—Dawn in the Merkato breaks over a tangle of streets jammed with shouting hawkers and towering pyramids…
Photo: Alex Stonehill By Sarah Stuteville and Alex Stonehill YAKIMA, Washington— Wisit Kampilo’s sparse black hair ruffles in a…
I was in Pakistan for a little over a month last year reporting on the issue of bonded labor…
For Pakistan’s Bonded Laborers, Freedom Is The Beginning Of A New Struggle Lahore, PAKISTAN—On the night of Oct. 1,…
Sex Workers in the City of Joy
KOLKATA, India—The smells of jasmine perfume, fried food, bidi smoke, and liquored breath mingle in the thick humid air.…
Women Of Batka Behra Defend Their Way of Life CHHATTISGARH, India—”Zindabad!” shouts Bindia Bai, pressing her hands together in…
Enemy Mine: The story of a Cambodian veteran’s personal war on landmines
SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA—After driving for an hour in Aki Ra’s beat-up Toyota down an unpaved road lined with drained…
Nickel-and-Dimed on Knickerbocker Ave.: Bushwick Boycotts Stores that Pay Below Minimum Wage
“They pay minimum wages. This store doesn’t. That one across the street doesn’t either,” says Manuel Guerrero, a union…
Student Residence on CHARAS Site Nixed
Councilwoman Margarita Lopez, a long-time activist in the four-year fight to reclaim the old P.S. 64 building from developer…