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You’re Being Zucked: Why You Should Worry About Facebook’s Redesign
Facebook is like a bar that used to be a fun place to hang out with friends until the…
Business With the Court: A Look at Rory Lancman’s Dodgy Donors in Queens DA Race
“My wife is an immigrant and if she came to this country now, Donald Trump would arrest her,” City…
A Poet Recounts Teaching at Men’s Prisons in ‘Hummingbird’
From 1992 to 2008, award-winning poet and playwright Deborah Tobola taught writing to inmates at several men’s prisons in…
America Has a Permanent Temp Worker Problem
In the waiting room of an employment agency in Queens, laborers gather to be dispatched to warehouses and factories…
NYC Weekly Events Calendar: May 30 to June 5
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…
Who You Going To Call?: Movement Lawyers Testify in Michael Steven Smith’s New Book
Activists know that by disobeying the law, they bring the spotlight to their cause, gum up the legal machine…
Oral History Preserves Bushwick One Story at a Time
At an April Community Board 4 meeting in Bushwick, city planners were repeatedly interrupted by the audience. “Affordable to…
NYC Weekly Events Calendar: May 23 to May 29
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…
Williams Pipeline Opponents Celebrate But New York’s Fossil Fuel War is Far From Over
A May 16 rally on the steps of City Hall in lower Manhattan, scheduled to protest the Williams Pipeline,…
More Of The Same: Ex-Prosecutors Won’t Reform Queens DA Office
As a qualification for DA, prosecutorial experience can be overrated. Of the four former prosecutors among the seven Democrats…