Issue 263
The Indypendent
Issue 263
May 1, 2021
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Dear Billy,I’m fully vaxxed. I’m in my mid-40s and in good health but going back out into the world…
Rezoning Revamp: Neighborhood Groups Wary of Speaker Johnson’s Top-Down Process
City Council Speaker Corey Johnson has introduced legislation to revamp the city’s 46-year-old process for making land-use decisions. The…
Support our Troupes: Workers at Smaller Theaters Win Pay & Labor Equity
As of April 2, entertainment venues in New York have the green light to resume operations at 33% capacity,…
Poor Queer Studies Enters Daily Life
It’s a well-documented fact that the US system of higher education steers all but the most exceptional Black, Brown…
Why Americans Can’t Have Nice Things
In the summer of 2010, 15-year-old Dekendrix Warner slipped down a clay-surfaced bank in a shallow recreation area in…
Courting The Left in Manhattan DA’s Race
Three decarceral candidates are vying to replace Cy Vance. But will Wall Street’s favorite prevail over a fractured field?
Alice Neel: Painting People Left Out of the Picture
In a world that viewed portrait painting as an affectation of the rich, Alice Neel (1900-1984) believed all people…
Since Dec. 14, 2020, over 127 million people across the United States have received at least one dose of…
The Walgreens nurse jabbed me with the needle and it felt like a key opening a jail cell. After…
How progressives cornered Cuomo to win best-in-the-nation marijuana reform law — and what comes next.
In a 2019 campaign video, Bernie Sanders appeared hugging a crying single mother outside her hardscrabble trailer in the…
Housing for Whom? City and State Nix Plan to Build Affordable Housing at World Trade Center Site
Will Biden go along in saying no to 1,000 affordable housing units?
It’s Good NYC Made Standardized Testing ‘Opt In’ This Year. Now, Let’s Cancel the Tests.
Why we need to reimagine how we measure student success.
Is ‘Ready on Day One’ Enough to Win Mayor’s Race?
Scott Stringer wants to realign himself with the movement, not the machine. It’s not clear that it’s selling.