The Indypendent | A Free Paper for Free People
网页A Free Paper for Free People. When 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.
Couch Surfing for Kamala: How I Plan to Put My Love of …
网页There is a growing excitement for the Harris-Walz ticket. Nancy Romer Aug 14 I’m a retired Brooklyn College professor, a grandparent and a union and climate organizer. I’ve been involved in left political organizing for more than 50 years and I must say that I (mostly) love doing the work. I ...
Meet the New Bluestockings - The Indypendent
网页Bluestockings Cooperative is New York City’s only trans, queer and sex worker-run bookstore, cafe and gathering space. Founded in 1999 as a radical feminist book store, it was located on Allen Street on the Lower East Side for more than two decades. In the summer of 2020, an unsuccessful attempt to renegotiate the building lease led to ...
Haitian-Born Educator Rita Joseph Wins District 40 Council Seat ...
网页2021年7月13日 · “Being a Black immigrant woman, and a Black mother specifically, has shaped my worldview and my legislative priorities significantly,” says Joseph, whose district spans parts of Crown Heights, Flatbush, East Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Prospect Park and Prospect Lefferts Gardens.
Issues | The Indypendent
网页A Free Paper for Free People. Issue Archive. 289. Aug 2024. View Issue Download PDF. 288. Jul 2024. View Issue Download PDF. 287. May 2024
NYS’s Top Court Gives Prosecutors Green Light to Conceal …
网页2019年7月1日 · In its June decision restoring John Giuca’s 2005 murder conviction, New York’s highest court ruled that the evidence of Giuca’s guilt outweighed prosecutor Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi’s misconduct. That the 5-1 majority decision by the Court of Appeals was written by Chief Justice Janet DiFiore was no coincidence.
What I Learned at The Indypendent
网页A Free Paper for Free People. In my five years of volunteering at The Indypendent, I’ve designed ads and layouts, illustrated numerous covers, written an article, produced short films, passed out issues at rallies and protests and worked through the night alongside other dedicated volunteers to get the paper to the printer just under the wire.At times it’s been a lot of work, but it‘s ...
Remembering Ralph Poynter - The Indypendent
网页2023年12月28日 · She lived for several more years before dying of cancer in 2017, likely induced by the stress she was put under. On Christmas Day, Ralph peacefully passed away. The longtime New York City activist and WBAI radio show host was 89 years old. Ralph met Lynne when they both worked at P.S.175 in Harlem in the 1960s.
New York City | The Indypendent
网页A member of the faculty at the City College of New York describes how the school became the Fenced University of New York (FUNY) in the weeks after the administration sent in the NYPD to dismantle its Gaza Solidarity Encampment and arrest scores of students. Campus. Education. New York City. Palestine/Israel.
Frances Was Golden: Legendary Activist and Literary Agent Leaves …
网页2020年5月23日 · 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 ...