Fifteen years ago, before it was hip to be green and before most people thought about organic vegetables, a few New Yorkers decided to take action and increase the availability of fresh food in urban communities. Since then, Just Food has been educating people throughout New York City and helping them access food from nearby, [...] read more »

The bold yellow dome floats above the visitor’s head, capturing the light in its meandering threads and bathing the floor in saffron. Not only is Mahwish Chishty’s installation Gumbad visually stunning — it also evokes a feeling of dreamy comfort. The dome represents a mosque structure and a spiritual umbrella, poignantly conveying the artist’s devotion [...] read more »

Childbirth is a painful and difficult experience for most women, but Toya Murray says for her, it was torture. Like many other incarcerated women across New York state, she was shackled immediately before and after giving birth. “When it was due for me to have my baby, they shackled my hands and feet when I went [...] read more »

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UNBINDING PREGNANT INMATES Activists Call for Paterson to Sign Anti-Shackling Bill By Jacquie Simone Childbirth is a painful and difficult experience for most women, but for Toya Murray, it was torture. Like many other incarcerated women across New York State, she was shackled immediately before and after giving birth. “When it was due for me to have my baby, [...] read more »

Silent mannequins wore designer jeans and expensive dresses inside the display windows of Scoop NYC’s SoHo location, but the chanting crowd outside the store on July 8 mostly wore t-shirts with workers union and activist logos. Hours after 15 former workers filed a lawsuit against Scoop NYC, dozens of people gathered outside the high-end fashion boutique’s [...] read more »

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NOAM CHOMSKY ADDRESSES THOUSANDS AT RIVERSIDE CHURCH BY JACQUIE SIMONE Renowned leftist intellectual, linguist and author Noam Chomsky discussed democracy, the economy and global crises June 12 at Riverside Church in Harlem. More than 2,000 people attended the event, which benefited the social change group the Brecht Forum. The event’s co-sponsors included The Indypendent, Bluestockings Books, WBAI-99.5 FM, [...] read more »

PROTESTORS SPEAK OUT FOR INDIGENOUS PERUVIANS BY JACQUIE SIMONE As indigenous Peruvians and the government clash over natural resources in the Amazon, human rights activists, environmentalists and community members gathered outside the Peruvian Consulate in New York City June 10 to protest the government’s killing of civilians. About 50 people stood on the sidewalk outside the consulate on [...] read more »