Owe, No You Don’t

Culture

Astra Taylor explores debt and what we really owe each other in her wide-ranging new collection of essays.

Florida dentist was accused of deliberately giving eight of his patients AIDS. Three decades later, the author of a new book asks if the lurid accusations were really true.

The Art of the Climate Crisis

By Mike Newton Aug 2

It’s a strange time to be stepping outside in New York City. There’s the still-looming pandemic, the string of…

The Rise of the Care Economy

Teddy Ostrow Aug 2

If there’s a photo that best exposes just how hollow the political and corporate praise for “essential workers” was…

It’s all Free! August Events Calendar

By Indypendent Staff Jul 30

It’s mid-summer and the city awaits you.

Parks for the People

Olivia Riggio Jul 30

We look at the centuries-old struggle for public parks that serve all New Yorkers, not just the rich.

A City Fights for Its Public Colleges

Eleanor J. Bader Jul 2

New book explores lessons learned during the five-year battle to save the City College of San Francisco.

A New Exhibit Brings to Life the History of Racism and Resistance in Brooklyn

Zion DeCoteau Jun 18

The Brooklyn Public Library’s Center for Brooklyn History opens its outdoor Brooklyn Resists exhibit tomorrow on Juneteenth. “We realized during COVID that…