Issue 252
The Indypendent
Issue 252
Nov 11, 2019
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How to Deal with Your Trump-Loving Uncle This Holiday Season: Get Lost in the Woods Together
Hi Billy — Maybe I’ll see you at Joe’s Pub this year. One person I’m not looking forward to…
How We Created A Festival Of Resistance at the 1999 Battle of Seattle
I’m writing these notes in early November as fires rage across California. I’ve just returned from supporting family of…
The Battle of Seattle, 20 Years Later
Early on a cold gray morning 20 years ago this month, a modest procession of people left a church…
These Iraqi Gnostics Hold Water Sacred. Jordanian Authorities Won’t Let Them Near a River.
Amman, Jordan — Abed al-Hasan’s eyes fill with tears as he reminisces about his life before the American invasion…
Homeowners Gone Wild: A Proposed Shelter in Queens has a Majority-White Community on Edge
Homeowners in opposition to homeless shelters in Queens have become increasingly militant over the last few years, adopting confrontational…
Four New Jails For $10 Billion: Now is the Time For NYC to Invest in Communities Not Cages
The Oct. 17 vote by the City Council to fund the construction of at least four new jails in…
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…
Lead Crisis in Newark Raises Concerns About NYC’s Taps. Here Are the Facts.
Last summer, more than 15,000 households in Newark, New Jersey, were forced to drink and cook with bottled water…
Ian Brennan Knocks Pop Stars Off Their Pedestal With his New Book
Ian Brennan’s Silenced by Sound: The Music Meritocracy Myth is a polemic against the domination of the world’s ears…
Ryan Grim Goes Inside The Democrats’ Long Civil War
Like many leftists of his generation, Ryan Grim, 41, cut his teeth on street confrontations with the police during…
Miracle on 14th Street: Now Advocates Want More Busways Across NYC
It’s eerily quiet on 14th Street these days. You can hear the birds chirp and cross the road without…
Impeaching Trump Is Defending Democracy
“We’re going to impeach the motherfucker,” Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich) yelled of President Trump with the gusto of an…
Kampala, Uganda — A young, gay activist named Brian Wasswa was discovered lying in a pool of blood in…
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…
Meet the Musicians Killing Jim Crow Behind Prison Walls
From a young age, Philadelphia native B.L. Shirelle has been a writer. She began rapping at seven and when…