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Indy Events Calendar: Jan. 10-17
The Indypendent’s events calendar comes out every Wednesday online and once a month in print. We provide this calendar…
NYC’s Dysfunctional Community Boards
An Interview with Alicia Boyd of the Brooklyn Anti-Gentrification Network
Film Festival Preview: Workers’ Struggles, Labor Justice on the Big Screen
The fourth annual Workers Unite! Film Festival kicked off May 7 in New York City, and features 45 films,…
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During the depths of the economic recession, Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature took over a…
Refusing to be Silent, Thousands in NYC March Against Police Brutality (VIDEO)
Tens of thousands marched through the streets of New York City on Saturday demanding justice for the police killings…
Fasanella and van Genk at the American Folk Art Museum
They used to deliver ice on those horses.” At the Ralph Fasanella exhibition currently on view at the American…
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG has left City Hall, but his spirit lives on in New York City, as demonstrated by the…
The Big Lie About Mayor de Blasio and Charter Schools
The New York City tabloids–whose owners are zealous about charter schools–have whipped up a frenzy against Mayor Bill de…
In ‘Progressive’ New York City, Big Real Estate Still Calls Many of the Shots
There's been a great deal of analysis and punditry describing New York City's new progressivism, with the election of…