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Our Top Stories of 2018: 52 Reasons to Support The Indy
Highlights from a year full of yellow vests and Brazilian fascists, extinction rebellion and women stampeding the halls of Congress, sit-ins, power outages and #MeToo punk rock, children in cages and wall-busting activism, the rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the fall of many powerful old white dudes (with many more to go).
Shop, Pick Up Kids… Go to Jail? Plan to Swap Rikers for ‘Justice Hubs’ Draws Ire
New York City will have four new jails in every borough except Staten Island within the next ten years.…
The Happiest, Most Depressing Essay Ever
I always notice them when I’m walking along the street. There’s no identifying characteristic, necessarily, it’s just something that…
Power Up: A History of Energy and the People Behind It
In the late 19th century, horses hauled wood culled from North America’s great forests in order to heat and…