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I’ve Survived the COVID Pandemic. So Far. Now What?
As playwright Karen Malpede emerges from lockdown, she reflects on the meaning of life and creativity in an age of systems collapse.
Phara Souffrant Forrest: Chronic Understaffing Continues to Plague NY Hospitals
The nurse and candidate for central Brooklyn’s 57th Assembly District calls for mandated safe staffing ratios that will save lives.
The Return on Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie’s Slush Fund Investments Could Be Low
Félix Ortiz concedes to socialist in Sunset Park. Walter Mosley, Joe Lentol and Aravella Simotas could soon be ousted too, despite more than $365,000 in aid from Albany power-brokers.
Criminal Justice Reformers Have a Package of Bills They Want to See New York State Enact
A new legislative session begins in Albany on Monday. How will lawmakers react to the demands of protesters who have grown bolder in the wake of George Floyd’s death?
Meet New York City’s Newest Neighborhood: Abolition Park
At the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge, City Hall Park lies in a cold-stone land where law and order…
The Family of Jamel Floyd Demands Justice
They hope an independent autopsy will shed light on the 35-year-old’s death after he was pepper-sprayed by corrections officers at the Metropolitan Detention Center.
The civil rights attorney helped lead the campaign to close Rikers and defended Occupy Wall Street protesters. Next, he plans to take on corruption from the other side of the courtroom.
Trump’s shocking victory propelled this immigrant scientist into political activism. Now, she’s running against a congressional Democrat who supports the President 77 percent of the time.
Hector Oseguera Takes on the New Jersey Democratic Machine
New York has seen a wave of political upsets since 2018. On July 7, a former AOC campaign volunteer hopes to crack the power of the machine in New Jersey and takedown absentee Congressman Albio Sires.
The City Hall Occupiers in Their Own Words
On June 23, a week before the New York City budget deadline, Black Lives Matter activists began occupying City…