Eric Adams’ Weird and Wild First Month
There’s never a dull moment with the mayor who vowed to restore “swagger” to New York City.
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Is Eric Adams Playing Black Voters?
NYC’s new mayor tapped into the highly charged dream of a strong Black father figure. The reality of governing, however, is turning out to be messier than the dream and may require an intervention by some of his most ardent supporters.
Solidarity Wins in Columbia Strike Victory
Columbia’s student workers delivered an invaluable lesson — one day longer, one day stronger — that you don’t have to have to go to graduate school to understand.
Columbia Admin Claims Picket Line Violence but Three Indypendent Reporters Say They Saw None
On Wednesday morning, striking members of Student Workers of Columbia-UAW Local 2110 established picket lines at entrances on all…
Anticipating the Adams Administration: Clues, Contradictions and the Hegemony of Capital
Eric Adams has been loyal to the wealthy and powerful who largely financed his campaign. He is also a vegan and a cycling enthusiast.
Art or Advertising? The Contradictions of “You/We Belong Here” Neon Signage at Barclays Center
Is it celebrating social justice protest? Or co-opting it?
Vox Pop: Taxi Drivers Celebrate Major Debt Relief, End Hunger Strike
We hear from six New York Taxi Workers Alliance drivers who part took in months-long action to lessen their medallion debts.
Indy Radio, Rikers Edition: Suicide Crisis and Law-and-Order Judges
Click here to read “Why Rikers Has Unraveled” by The Indypendent News Hour Co-host Amba Guerguerian. Already in 2021,…
Cathy Rojas Offers Working-Class New Yorkers an Alternative
Queens public school teacher and PSL member Cathy Rojas is running at the left alternative in the Nov. 2 general election for mayor.
The Story of Hasidic Vilyamsburg
A new book tells the story of one of Brooklyn’s most distinctive communities.