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Climate Change is Rendering Formal Education Meaningless
Dear Rev, Every year I take my kid to the annual Earth Day celebration in Union Square. She loves…
NYC Weekly Events Calendar: April 4–April 10
The Indypendent’s curated events calendar comes out every Wednesday online and once a month in print. Sign-up for our regular e-newsletter and…
Brooklyn’s Political Machine Gets Another Cog
It’s not exactly shocking when a reformer becomes a political insider, but the details still matter. Once a determined…
Labor Conflict: With ‘Birth Strike’ Jenny Brown Tackles the Population Decline
It took more than a decade of litigation by feminist plaintiffs for Plan B, known as the “morning-after pill,”…
No Safe Harbor for Rockaway Pipeline, Opponents Say
Fractivists want fossil fuels left in the ground, not beneath the waves.
Warren Pieces: Does the Presidential Candidate’s Plan to Break Up Big Tech Go Far Enough?
If you think you don’t use Apple, Google, Facebook, or Amazon, either you’re not on the internet or you’re…
Bernie Sanders Abroad: Is a Peace Presidency Possible?
For many decades, progressives have looked in vain for candidates who’d be taken seriously on the national stage, while…
When Women Take on Mass Incarceration
If you feel fed-up with criminal justice reform efforts touted by the Koch brothers that leave our prison industrial…
After the Christchurch Massacre: Reexamining the Roots of Terror
Under the exploding Twin Towers, you see her face. In early March Republicans displayed a poster in the West…