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Meat has been part of our diets for more than 2 million years. That may soon change.
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…
Weekly NYC Events Calendar: Nov. 7 to Nov. 13
The Indypendent’s curated events calendar comes out every Wednesday online and once a month in print. Sign-up for our regular e-newsletter and…