The Indypendent | A Free Paper for Free People
WEBWhen an NYPD Corruption Scandal Sent NYC’s Mayor Fleeing to Mexico. Theodore Hamm Sep 30. The police department’s penchant for corruption led to the political demise of William O’Dwyer, a former cop from Brooklyn who was elected mayor in 1945. Eric Adams.
Remembering ‘The Birdman’ of Tompkins Square Park
WEBOct 9, 2023 · Joan Amato & Cliff Conner Oct 9, 2023. Dennis Edge and his long-lensed camera were a familiar presence in recent years in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Dennis was a passionate birder and bird photographer who became known to locals as “The Birdman” of Tompkins Square Park. Dennis was born …
About Us - The Indypendent
WEBWelcome to The Indypendent! We are a free, progressive monthly newspaper, online news site and weekly radio show. Founded in 2000, The Indy has become a New York City institution and a unique fixture in the city’s mediascape. We cover social justice movements here in New York and beyond and the issues they are concerned about because it is ...
Frances Was Golden: Legendary Activist and Literary Agent Leaves …
WEBMay 23, 2020 · Frances Goldin, a legendary Lower East Side activist, trailblazing leftist literary agent and good friend to The Indypendent died at home on May 16 following years of gradually declining health. She was 95. Born June 22, 1924 to Michael Axler, a mechanic and toolmaker for the MTA, and Sophie (Saslowsky) Axler, a homemaker and former seamstress who had been fired for union activities, Goldin ...
289 - The Indypendent
WEBJ.D. Vance Is Silicon Valley’s Trojan Horse in Its War on What’s Left of American Democracy. Vance’s elevation to vice-presidential candidate should be prompting far greater alarm among the institutions and “responsible people” that …
Death By a Thousand Cuts: Community Leaders Unite to Save …
WEBMar 25, 2024 · A Free Paper for Free People. So when SUNY Chancellor John King announced a proposal in January to close Downstate and move some of its beds to Kings County Hospital across the street, community members were outraged.
Labor & Unions | The Indypendent
WEBA Free Paper for Free People. Labor Battle at Trader Joe’s Essex Crossing Continues Three Years In. Amba Guerguerian Feb 21. Workers at Trader Joe’s Essex Crossing in Lower Manhattan are making noise about the recent firing of a union worker there and ongoing union busting occurring at the store.
Gazing Into the ‘Trick Mirror’ With Jia Tolentino
WEBIsobel Van Hagen Sep 7, 2019. Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion is a collection of essays that are all about — in some way or another — trying to exist in the 21st century. Jia Tolentino writes nine pieces addressing drugs, religion, celebrity culture, modern-day feminism, and the wedding industry. The incisiveness of the disparate ...
Eight Things You Should Know About Roberto Clemente on the …
WEBDec 31, 2022 · This Saturday marks the 50th anniversary of the death of baseball superstar Roberto Clemente. He and four others died in a plane crash shortly before midnight on New Year’s Eve 1972 attempting to bring relief supplies to the victims of a massive earthquake in Managua, Nicaragua.
Alex Harsley is a Portal to an Earlier New York | The Indypendent
WEBE aster Sunday in Central Park, 1970. Harsley waves, chuckles, checks in, says “alright,” as people walk by the gallery. A woman and her daughter. “She’s the one,” he whispers after they walk by, alluding to a community board drama he’d just told me of. “I got off that a long time ago,” Harsley says of the board.