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Don’t Be on the Side of the Executioner: Reflections on a New Round of Massacres in Israel and Gaza
A clandestine bombmaker places explosives in the handbags of three young Algerian women. They each wear fashionable clothes and…
Once a Homeless Youth, Now a Leader Who’s Changing City Policies
Lyndon Hernandez navigated NYC’s byzantine shelter system for almost a decade before finding stable housing and a career helping other homeless youths.
Remembering ‘The Birdman’ of Tompkins Square Park
Dennis Leroy Edge: March 16, 1938 – September 1, 2023.
Straight Talk About the Pain of Poverty
New book features 50-plus essays that bring personal experiences with penury into sharp focus.
‘You Can Smell the Poop:’ East Williamsburg Submerged During Widespread City Flooding
All photographs by the author. On the corner of Broadway and Wallabout, a small group in front of Sosa…
Fired Building Cleaners Demand New Owner Restore Their Jobs, Union Benefits
The workers were responsible for cleaning 19 floors and keeping the building at 6 E. 45th St. running.
I Was Out in the Streets Reporting from the Start of My Internship
The Indy’s editors encouraged and supported me as I worked on stories I felt passionately about.
NYC Stop Cop City Movement Protests Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s Arrival at the Plaza Hotel
Three protesters were arrested as the Weelaunee Defense Society NYC decried the actions of the Republican governor — who has harshly punished the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta — outside an awards ceremony on Wednesday.
I’ve learned a lot from visiting my family in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
When New York City Stood With Chile
In this Indypendent-Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung special, we look at how New Yorkers responded to the 1973 coup in Chile.