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Public Defenders Want ICE Out of New York’s Courthouses
As the frigid March afternoon wore on, more than a hundred people gathered in downtown Foley Square in front…
Indy Events Calendar March 22–28
The Indypendent’s events calendar comes out every Wednesday online and once a month in print. We provide this calendar as…
From Chiapas to El Barrio, Connecting Global Women’s Struggles
Led primarily by immigrant women, Movement for Justice in El Barrio (MJB) is a grassroots community organization based in…
How Spain Pulled Off a Women’s General Strike
Two hundred thousand women filled the streets of Barcelona with purple on March 8. It was International Women’s Day…
Behind the Stage of the Trump Show
Most news reports and commentaries on the Trump White House are delivered with air of levity and condescension. Trump…
Will Queens Shake the Target Off its Back?
The auditorium at Elmhurst Hospital was packed, Tuesday, with Queens residents voicing opposition to the proposed construction of a…
The Gaping Wounds We Continue to Inflict on Iraq
March 19 marks 15 years since the U.S.-U.K invasion of Iraq in 2003, and the American people have no…
Indy Events Calendar March 15–21
The Indypendent’s events calendar comes out every Wednesday online and once a month in print. We provide this calendar as…
The radical wing of the women’s movement wants to take on capitalism itself.
Giving Teachers What They Want
With right-wing politicians racing to arm teachers and making schools neighborhood fortresses, one wonders, why not ask teachers what…