The Knicks are the kings of New York after Saturday night’s thrilling, come-from-behind victory delivered the team’s long-suffering fans their first championship since 1973. The team’s journey to iconic status hasn’t been easy, especially in its early days when it often found itself banished from Madison Square Garden to a cavernous armory building on the other side of Manhattan.
Overseers Everywhere—Still We Rise
In his new book, “The Overseer Class” Steven Thrasher lays out his theory of the “phenomenon in which people from marginalized populations amass power not by uplifting people from the communities they come from, but by collectively cracking the skulls of their own.”
Remembering When New York City Was Under Military Occupation for Seven Years
A new exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York retells the story of how the British occupied New York City from 1776-1783
Remembering a Forgotten Jewish Left
The book chronicles the history of the Bund, a Jewish progressive movement that flourished in the 20th century
Project Hail Mary: An Inspiring Adaptation that Champions the Power of Science and Cooperation
The movie, although straying from its source in Andy Weir’s book, is a wondrous space adventure
Celebrate May Day with The Indy & Democracy Now As We Screen “Steal This Story, Please!”
Join us on Friday night at the IFC Center in the West Village as we co-present the 9:30 screening…
LittlePuss Press Celebrates Trans Community, Indie Publishing Ethos
Founded during the COVID pandemic, the press, which publishes trans writers, values the community art creates as much as the art itself
“When We Are Kin”: A Vision of Black-Native Solidarity
Historian Kyle T. Mays fluxes between pragmatism and idealism while recounting a history and future of collaboration and conflict between Black and Native Americans
“André Is an Idiot”: Laughing in the Face of Death
An eccentric 55-year-old man with a stage 4 colon cancer diagnosis decides to make a documentary about his own demise
Book Review: How We Lost Roe to an Anti-Choice Minority
Amy Littlefield engages readers with a mystery novel-like structure of her investigation into the downfall of Roe v. Wade