Washington Heights Woman Welcomes Honduran Family Into Her Home (original) (raw)
New York City
Keating Zelenke Feb 14
A migrant family of four from Honduras is building a new life with the help of a New Yorker who invited them to stay with her.
Migrantalujah! The Earth Church Throws Open Its Doors
John Tarleton Feb 14
Gafar is a slender, soft-spoken man with a receding hairline and many sorrows etched in his face. He was…
Life After Landlords: Tenants in Foreclosed Crown Heights Building Seek to Take Over the Property
Amba Guerguerian Jan 25
The residents at 567 St. John’s Place are calling on the City to fund the building’s much-needed upkeep and then allow them to run it.
Socialist Lawmakers Discuss Top Priorities as New Legislative Session Begins in Albany
By Indypendent Staff Jan 19
Good-cause eviction, universal child care and higher taxes on the rich are top priorities.
End NYU and Columbia’s Property Tax Exemption and Give CUNY the Funds It Needs to Thrive
Alexa D’Angelo Jan 18
Budget cuts threaten the basic functioning of CUNY’s 25 colleges.
Ridgewood Rises Up for Palestine
Amba Guerguerian Jan 7
Ridgewood Tenants Union led a 1,000-person march that highlights the displacement experienced in both rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods and by Palestinians at the hands of Israeli settlers.
Advocates Demand Former Brooklyn Prosecutor Mark Hale Be Held Accountable for Trial Misconduct
Theodore Hamm Jan 3
Hale withheld exculpatory evidence in several high-profile murder cases that resulted in convictions and multi-decade prison sentences. He later led the Brooklyn DA’s Conviction Review Unit.
Claudia Villalona Dec 28, 2023
As winter gets underway, thousands of migrants and asylum seekers struggle in precarious circumstances.
Coming Full Circle: Retired Labor Organizers Advise a New Generation of Unionizing Workers
Keating Zelenke Dec 20, 2023
Retired labor organizers and a new generation of unionizing workers collaborate at an organizing hub.
Who Killed Malcom X? New Lawsuit Points to Untapped Sources of Information
Theodore Hamm Dec 19, 2023
Muhammad Aziz was falsely convicted in Malcolm X’s 1965 murder and exonerated in 2021. His $40 million lawsuit names 19 FBI officials involved in the incident, investigation and cover-up, including former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.