Phara Souffrant Forrest Wants to Cancel Your Rent Phara Souffrant Forrest Wants to Cancel Your Rent
The union nurse and tenant activist may be running office for the first time, but she’s been fighting for justice her whole life.
Surviving the Virus, Reading ‘Late Victorian Holocausts’ Surviving the Virus, Reading ‘Late Victorian Holocausts’
Scenes from a pandemic: 9
May 27, 2020 / no-paywall / Dania Rajendra
Birding While Black: Just the Latest Bad Reason for White People to Call Police Birding While Black: Just the Latest Bad Reason for White People to Call Police
In parks across America, bird-watchers and dog owners regularly clash over space. But when a white dog owner called the cops on a black birder, only one was in danger.
May 26, 2020 / Joan Walsh
If Cuomo Cuts Funding, CUNY Layoffs Will Be a ‘Bloodbath’ If Cuomo Cuts Funding, CUNY Layoffs Will Be a ‘Bloodbath’
Employees of New York City’s public colleges are already being hit by the governor’s proposed austerity budget.
May 20, 2020 / StudentNation / Ross Barkan
DSA Was Only Getting Started DSA Was Only Getting Started
Two years after helping propel AOC to victory in Queens, NYC-DSA is taking on more races than ever before.
May 20, 2020 / Raina Lipsitz
To Save New York City, We Need to Follow the Money To Save New York City, We Need to Follow the Money
While the City may be stuck with an austerity budget, Wall Street thrives. It’s time for the financial industry to pay its share.
May 19, 2020 / Helen Rosenthal
The Murder That Threatened to Divide the Two Harlems The Murder That Threatened to Divide the Two Harlems
After a Barnard student was stabbed to death in Morningside Park, long-timers and gentrifiers feared they’d find themselves at odds.
May 19, 2020 / Feature / Joan Walsh
The Virus, the Press, and the Comfortable Class The Virus, the Press, and the Comfortable Class
Liberal and conservative elites aren’t grappling with the pandemic’s toll on working-class people—and the impossible choices they’re forced to make.
May 15, 2020 / no-paywall / Michael Massing
Chinatowns Must Radicalize to Survive Chinatowns Must Radicalize to Survive
Direct action and inclusivity are driving the new Asian American movement.
May 11, 2020 / no-paywall / Promise Li and Esther K
A Brief History of the Cuomo–de Blasio Feud A Brief History of the Cuomo–de Blasio Feud
The bad blood between New York City’s mayor and the state’s governor over how to handle the pandemic is the latest chapter in their years-long rivalry.
Apr 17, 2020 / no-paywall / Ross Barkan