Uniting under #adaywithoutimmigrants, businesses across the nation remained closed today in powerful defiance of Trump’s crackdown on immigration. The protesters, enraged that Immigration and Customs…
Weekend Warriors: Thousands of New Yorkers Keep Up Protests Against Trump
Anti-Trump protesters once again poured into the city streets over the weekend. On Saturday, thousands of people shut down Fifth Avenue for more than two miles…
After Trump’s Victory, Local Immigrants Brace For Impact
With the announcement of Donald Trump’s jaw-dropping victory on Wednesday morning, a massive question mark now hangs over the country. Will Trump’s reign be equally as volatile…
Immigrant Workers are Using Co-Ops Like a Boss
Three years ago, Daniel Lopez injured his knee. The 37-year-old native of Mexico never had health insurance, so he waited until the pain got so…
Bushwick Residents Rally at City Hall to Decry Deadlock on Immigration Reform
“Today we suffer, in November we vote,” dozens of protesters chanted in front of City Hall this afternoon. Some 40 people gathered to express dismay over yesterday’s Supreme Court…
A Church Sheds Neon on the East Village’s Immigrant Past
This week and next, we present a series of longer pieces unraveling the histories of storied buildings. Late at night, red light splashes onto the…
Hundreds of Protesters Take the Fight Against Donald Trump to His Backyard
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has been protested with street art, gallery shows, and even a piñata pummeling, but yesterday brought an unprecedented scene as an eclectic crowd of New…
‘We’re in the Eye of the Storm’: Brooklyn’s Undocumented Immigrants Get Ready For Reform
Fernando Canovas has lived in the shadow of the law for 23 years, working as a cook in Queens and never visiting a doctor’s office…
In Williamsburg, A Hidden Refuge For the Undocumented and Incurable
The former convent on Hewes Street is a mystery house: there’s no sign outside announcing its name or mission. People walk in and out of the two-story…