Issue 267
The Indypendent
Issue 267
Oct 20, 2021
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Cathy Rojas Offers Working-Class New Yorkers an Alternative
Queens public school teacher and PSL member Cathy Rojas is running at the left alternative in the Nov. 2 general election for mayor.
Dear Reverend — I’m suffering from environmental anxiety. I only use that word because I saw it online. Environmental…
The Story of Hasidic Vilyamsburg
A new book tells the story of one of Brooklyn’s most distinctive communities.
The Heat is On: Sweeping Actions Urged Ahead of U.N. Climate Summit
Each new year brings record high temperatures, expanded wildfires, intensified hurricanes, floods and droughts, melting permafrost, acidification of the…
Deliveristas Win Long-Sought Protections
Tip payment protections, restroom access and more.
A Day in the Life: Working Long Hours at the Laundromat
Click here to read “Ready for a Fresh Start: NY Laundry Workers are Fighting to Clean Up the Industry.”…
Buffalo Rising: Socialist India Walton is on the Verge of Making History
On June 23, a registered nurse and first-time mayoral candidate defeated Buffalo’s four-term incumbent mayor, Byron Brown, in the…
Incarcerated people and staffers describe how the penal colony became a site of unimaginable horrors in the past year.
Taxi Drivers Launch Hunger Strike Outside of City Hall
Cabbies seek relief from crushing debts.
Eric Adams Embraces Big Real Estate. What’s In It for the Rest of Us?
In recent months, many of the biggest names in Manhattan real estate have joined the multi-million dollar fundraising bandwagon that brought Adams, the would-be “blue-collar mayor,” to Martha’s Vineyard and the Hamptons.