Issue 298
The Indypendent
Issue 298
Oct 13, 2025
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Another Journalism is Possible
For 25 years The Indypendent has been a bold progressive newspaper and website that provides a fearless voice in…
From Office Manager to Managing Editor
The Indy is the city’s only truly progressive newspaper you can find on the streets, in the library and online — all for free.
The Indy is not shilling lies for corporations. It has real people’s hopes and fears. The Indy is not filled with jargon. It speaks like the street. The Indy is us.
I Started Covering My Neighborhood
The Indy is not owned by a corporation or big advertisers, foundation donors, or a “vanguard party of the proletariat.” This paper is a real public good, and like all public goods, it needs to be nurtured and supported.
In the new issue that came out a few days later, my photo of AOC speaking to a crowd outside the 90th Street-Elmhurst Avenue subway station in Queens made the cover. Before The New Yorker, Time, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, et al would put her on their cover, we did.
A Young Reporter Finds His Calling
The Indy just welcomed me in with open arms and recognized that I could contribute to a journalistic enterprise that was serious and rigorously edited, and was not wedded to the sectarian politics of the left.
The impact we made by distributing our post-9/11 special issues at Union Square, where ordinary people were asking extraordinary questions, is what truly ignited the passion for independent reporting that still shines in The Indypendent today.
Ten Free Manhattan Museums to Enjoy
Next time you have friends or family visiting from out of town or just want to ingest some culture yourself, consider not giving your money to the garish multimillion-dollar corporations that charge $50 a ticket, but giving back to some of New York’s grassroots museums instead.
Extra! Extra! High School Journalism Makes a Comeback
Only 1% of NYC journalism students have access to student journalism in their school. Youth Journalism Coalition is fighting to change this.
The Struggle Against Zionism is the Struggle for Liberal Democracy
The alliance between Zionists and far-right authoritarians making bad-faith claims of fighting anti-semitism is having a devastating impact on open societies.
Like the unlawful domestic intercepts that the PATRIOT Act secretly authorized, critics say these new attacks on dissent and the right to freedom of speech and association pose more of a threat to the stability of the country than the Antifa menace Trump tries to conjure up — which is a far cry from its glory days.
Bring boots. The bullshit is getting thick. I mean ankle deep, bullshit. The aftermath of the Charlie Kirk assassination…