Norman Fruchter Was a Giant in the Fight for Education Equity Norman Fruchter Was a Giant in the Fight for Education Equity
Fruchter, who passed away recently, was also a key figure in the New Left on both sides of the Atlantic.
Jan 13, 2023 / Obituary / Alix Kates Shulman
Did New York’s Creative Spirit Revive During the Pandemic? Did New York’s Creative Spirit Revive During the Pandemic?
In Feral City, Jeremiah Moss asks if Manhattan changed during the Covid years.
Jan 11, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Brook
The Making of a Congressional Con Man The Making of a Congressional Con Man
How the Democrats and media allowed George Santos to lie his way into the House.
Dec 26, 2022 / Jeet Heer
A Judge Dismisses the Murder Charge Against a Domestic Violence Survivor A Judge Dismisses the Murder Charge Against a Domestic Violence Survivor
Two weeks after the Manhattan DA filed a motion to dismiss Tracy McCarter’s murder indictment, Judge Diane Kiesel agreed to drop the charge against her.
Dec 2, 2022 / Victoria Law
Doctors Finally Join the Labor Movement Doctors Finally Join the Labor Movement
A challenge to Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx by a broad coalition of its own workers is a frontline struggle against the most exploitative tendencies of the whole industry.
Nov 14, 2022 / Karim Sariahmed
Your College RA Deserves a Union Your College RA Deserves a Union
Resident Advisers are workers and should demand employment status, union recognition, and fair wages. Universities cannot function without them.
Oct 28, 2022 / StudentNation / Ava Young-Stoner
Why Isn’t Kathy Hochul Running Away With Her Race for Reelection? Why Isn’t Kathy Hochul Running Away With Her Race for Reelection?
Republican Lee Zeldin is pro-Trump, anti-choice, and running in a state Joe Biden carried by 23 percent—yet recent polls put him within the statistical margin of error of pulling o...
Oct 27, 2022 / Ross Barkan
21,000 Supporters Urge Alvin Bragg to Free Tracy McCarter 21,000 Supporters Urge Alvin Bragg to Free Tracy McCarter
The Manhattan district attorney is prosecuting McCarter in the death of her estranged husband.
Oct 25, 2022 / Victoria Law
We Were Supposed to Help Asian Migrant Women—Instead We Got Police We Were Supposed to Help Asian Migrant Women—Instead We Got Police
After the Atlanta spa shootings, people wanted to support vulnerable Asian communities. But a new breed of activists steered energy toward carceral solutions.
Sep 8, 2022 / Seth Berkman
Yuh-Line Niou Concedes to Dan Goldman in NY’s 10th Congressional District Yuh-Line Niou Concedes to Dan Goldman in NY’s 10th Congressional District
She and her allies strongly considered a run against him on the Working Families Party line in November, but concluded that the priority must be “defending our democracy now.”
Sep 7, 2022 / Joan Walsh