Cyclists filled Washington Square Park last night to protest an increasing number of bike deaths across the city. The protesters staged a die-in, laying on…
Sun’s Out, Signs Out For ‘Close The Camps’ Rallies Against Migrant Detention
As Congress shut its doors for the holiday today, New Yorkers convened at the doors of Middle Collegiate Church in the East Village, rallying for…
‘Battle For Bushwick’ Pits Grassroots Anti-Gentrification Plan Against City’s
Bushwick locals are desperately trying to save the neighborhood from the Department of City Planning’s Bushwick Neighborhood Plan— especially since they spent five years laboring…
Photos From the Massive Anti-Pride Rally, the Queer Liberation March
Twenty blocks north of the World Pride parade kick-off yesterday, thousands in Bryant Park were singing. Sing Out, Louise! passed out pink-and-black “hymnals”—protest lyrics, set…
The Stonewall 50 Rally Drew Pride Celebrants of All Stripes
Thousands of people from all over the world crowded around Christopher Park on Friday to mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn uprising, several…
Does ‘Artwashing’ Blur the Line Between Beautification and Gentrification?
Bushwick Collective held its annual block party this month in Bushwick, pairing blocks of street art with food trucks and performances by artists like rapper/pear…
LGBTQ-Friendly Senior Housing Development Cleared For Controversial Elizabeth Street Garden Site
In the latest chapter of a divisive issue that has pitted garden advocates against city officials and affordable-housing supporters, the City Council approved Haven Green…
Watching ‘Pose’ By the Piers: A Viewing Party in the Shadows of LGBTQ History
Last Tuesday afternoon, Thomas Deshields threw on a tee shirt and mid-thigh shorts, left his Jersey City apartment and fled to New York City. The…
Dancing in Bodega Bags? These Artist-Activists Call It Trashion
On the promenade in front of the Gowanus Canal on Saturday, 16 people wearing costumes made of single-use plastic bags performed a dance routine. On…
BAM Is Latest Arts Institution to Face Union Push
As has happened in media, white collar employees in arts institutions are rediscovering the power of organized labor, as efforts to unionize the Tenement Museum…