Fidel Castro, Presente!
The life and contradictions of El Comandante
The Indypendent
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Four More States Approved Recreational Marijuana Measures, What Will Trump’s Justice Department Do?
Clinton Refuses to Labor for Working Class Votes
If the Democrats want to reach disgruntled Bernie Sanders supporters and working-class voters leaning toward Donald Trump, former New…
The Verizon Strike: ‘This Is One of the Last Big Fights’
"This is not just a strike against Verizon,” Communications Workers of America (CWA) President Chris Shelton told the more…
Apped to Be Poorer: Uber’s Latest Fare Cut Squeezes Drivers, Taxi, Industry
Last week, I worked 94 hours,” Uber driver Jobayed Choudhury says, standing outside City Hall on Feb. 17. A…
Tenants May Catch a Break: 50,000 apartments eyed for illegally high rents
Governor Andrew Cuomo has pledged a “major initiative to return up to 50,000 illegally deregulated apartments to rent regulation,”…
Who Can Afford ‘Affordable’ Housing?
Mayor Bill de Blasio says he has proposed “the largest affordable housing plan in the history of this city…
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While Silver Lined His Pockets, Tenants Lost Out
In the summer of 1997, my then-girlfriend moved into a studio apartment in Williamsburg, a few blocks from the…
Rats! Landlord Gets Tax Breaks, Bronx Tenants Get Squalor, Rent Hikes
In the depths of the crack era, 1111 Gerard Avenue was an oasis in the Bronx. “When I first…