The Indypendent
Theodore Hamm
Media-Darling Cop Terence Monahan’s Legacy of Brutality
He took a knee on Monday night at Union Square protests, garnering the effusive praise of Mayor Bill de…
Frank Sinatra, Woody Guthrie, Arthur Miller & the Reds on the Brooklyn Waterfront
An excerpt from “Bernie’s Brooklyn: How Growing Up In The New Deal City Shaped Bernie Sanders’ Politics” by Theodore Hamm.
Rogue Brooklyn Prosecutor Could Soon Face a Day of Reckoning
Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi never lost a homicide case. But evidence is mounting that the star prosecutor won some of her cases by concealing evidence and other unethical practices.
As Virus Spreads in Nursing Homes, Gov. Cuomo’s Big Donors Are Immune from Liability
Corpses left in the hallway of a nursing home in East New York. A whopping 55 deaths at another…
Losers in Gov. Cuomo’s Austerity Budget: The Sick, The Poor, The State of New York
Late last week, the New York State Senate and Assembly passed an austerity budget during a pandemic and an…
SubPrime Mike: How Mayor Bloomberg Fought Efforts To Protect Black Homeowners From Predatory Lenders
Stop-and-Frisk wasn’t the only Bloomberg-era policy that harmed the black community.
Brooklyn’s Political Machine: Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
With a decidedly modest amount of fanfare, the Brooklyn Democratic Party voted in a new leader on Martin Luther…
Brooklyn DA’s Office Ordered To Stop Concealing Key Witness Info
This past June, as The Indypendent reported, New York’s Court of Appeals reinstated the Brooklyn murder conviction of John…
Interview: Historian Eric Foner on Reconstruction and Who Gets to Be a Citizen Today
Who is entitled to the full rights of citizenship? And who is not? These questions are once again roiling…
