The Indypendent
New York
In Lieu of a Puerto Rican Day Parade, Activists Rally to Defund the Police
Latino labor and faith leaders, educators and sixties-era revolutionaries led hundreds of people during a Latinx and African diaspora…
As Pandemic Continues, Brooklynites Have a Chance to Elect a Socialist Nurse
Meet Phara Souffrant Forrest.
Primary Primer: A Voter’s Guide to Some of the Most Hotly Contested Races on the NY Ballot
New York is a one-party city where elections are almost always determined in the Democratic primary. Until 2018 these…
Domino Effect: Can Millennial Leftists Topple More Machine Incumbents in NY’s June 23 Primaries?
A crowd of purple-clad supporters had gathered around an overhead television set at one end of a bar in…
No Justice, No Rent: Tenants Go On Strike in Brooklyn
With their incomes decimated by coronavirus-forced layoffs, tenants from about 15 buildings in Brooklyn and the Bronx have gone…
Open Streets for All: NYC’s Transit Future is Up for Grabs
The bike shop is the new club,” tweeted Danny Harris, executive director of Transportation Alternatives and now a member…
Police Defunding Battle Heats Up at City Hall
Budget season is underway at City Hall and a bloody season of discontent rages in the streets. Months under…
A Mutual Aid Network Blooms in Bay Ridge
In organizational theory, mutual aid means the exchange of services or resources in which both parties benefit. Mutual aid…
Contact Tracing: Is Our Data Safe in Bloomberg’s Hands?
The former mayor’s history of stop and frisk and surveillance raises troubling concerns.