They Lit the Bern, What Comes Next?
Winnie Wong calls herself a practical anarchist. She speaks in short intense bursts, an activist warrior slashing her way through the thicket of establishment politics toward a future that somehow has...
View ArticleBattle of New York Photo Essay
We felt the Bern, and then we acted on it.In the run-up to New York’s April 19 presidential primary, The Indypendent set aside plans for its regular April issue to co-publish a special edition in...
View ArticleHillary Bro Who Assaulted Female Sanders Delegate Identified
The Democratic Party’s past and its future collided Tuesday morning when Moumita Ahmed and Nicholas Silitch crossed paths during a contentious meeting of the New York delegation to next month’s...
View ArticleLet a Thousand Flowers Bloom
CHICAGO — Three thousand Bernie Sanders supporters gathered at a lakeside convention center in Chicago on the weekend of June 17–19. The People’s Summit, as the event was called, provided a space for...
View ArticlePhiladelphia DNC Photo Essay: Movements in Motion
The Democratic Party struggled mightily to carry out its carefully scripted coronation of Hillary Clinton during its July 25-28 national convention in Philadelphia. Whenever Clinton’s name was...
View ArticleCommemorating the life of Vito Marcantonio
The Left was at the height of its influence in the United States during the 1930s and 40s. It was an era that saw the rise of the New Deal, massive public works programs, millions of workers joining...
View ArticleEditor's Note: Love and Struggle
We are facing the fight of our lives. It’s that simple.Not that you would know it from listening to leading liberal politicians, media mavens and even labor leaders since Donald Trump won the electoral...
View ArticleStart Spreading the News
Thanks to foundation support we received this fall, The Indypendent is in the process of doubling its print circulation. We are placing outdoor news boxes around the city. We are also putting wire news...
View ArticleNow Is The Time
“We think your paper is amazing,” the head of a small progressive foundation told me over lunch this summer. “But,”she added, “more people should be reading it. And we want to help.”My jaw dropped.The...
View ArticleHappy 90th Birthday Donald Paneth!
Born on February 28, 1927, Donald Paneth started his career in journalism as a cub reporter at the New York Times in 1944. He covered the launching of the United Nations in New York in 1945-1946 for...
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