Issue 225
The Indypendent
Issue 225
Jun 3, 2017
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The most devastating insight in Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes’ new book comes on the second page of the…
The Time Has Come for Medicare for All
The Republican-controlled Senate is keeping its repeal of the Affordable Care Act secret, not a sign of confidence in what they have in store for the American people. Economist Paddy Quick makes the case that socialized medicine would be cheaper — even for capitalists — and far more humane, of course!
Black Power Takes Root in the Heart of Dixie
Jackson is the largest city in Mississippi. Surrounded by prosperous white suburbs, it is more than 80 percent Black…
Becky Bond and Zack Exley’s Rules for Revolutionaries: How Big Organizing Can Change Everything is part of a recent…
Rust Belt Characters Shine in ‘Sweat’ on Broadway
Hillary Clinton called them a “basket of deplorables.” The National Review’s Kevin Williamson took an “honest look” at their…
Radical. Black. Feminist. Visionary.
At first, Emma Amos’s Flower Sniffer (1966) doesn’t seem all that confrontational. In this piece, Amos paints herself as…
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Exploring Fluid Gender Norms in Pre-Modern Japan
As I write this, you can read about Caitlyn Jenner’s gender reassignment surgery; a trans Survivor star, Zeke Smith,…
The MET ditches its roof. Mermaids take to the streets. Knowledge rules.
B&H Warehouse Workers Fight to Save Their Union
On November 4, 2015, workers at B&H Photo Video’s two Brooklyn warehouses voted 200-88 to form a union under…
Indy Audio: Listen to Our June Issue
This edition of Indy Audio features articles that appear in the June issue of The Indypendent. Indy writers Steven Wishnia,…
Integration Vs. McCarthyism at a Brooklyn Secondary School
Within the rusticated limestone and red brick walls of the former John Jay High School, a drama is playing…
Contemporary country music doesn’t have too great a reputation these days. Even its biggest fans listen half-jokingly waiting to…