For the next 24 long, hot hours Rosary Solimanto will lie lifeless in a coffin outside of the offices of senators Kirsten Gellibrand and Chuck…
Grate Show of Support as Yemeni Bodega Owners Strike Across NYC
By now you’ve seen the photos of the crowd of Yemeni business owners and supporters massed at Brooklyn Borough Hall to protest President Trump’s travel…
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…
East Village Landlord’s Ice Cream Social Gets a Chilly Reception
It’s hard to imagine how anyone could get pissed off about ice cream. It’s pretty delicious stuff on its own, but when ice cream comes free,…
Opponents Try to Smoke Out K2 With a March Through ‘Zombieland’
An imaginary line cuts across Broadway, separating Bed-Stuy from Bushwick and, just a few blocks north of the street’s intersection with Myrtle, Williamsburg begins. At…
Black Lives Matter Marches and Arrests Continued Over the Weekend
Since Thursday evening, Black Lives Matter protesters have been on-and-off occupying the streets of New York City. Demonstrations were held almost continuously this weekend in New…
Protesters Occupy Streets in Response to Police Killings of Black Men
Hundreds of people marched through the streets of New York City last night, halting traffic and chanting throughout midtown Manhattan to protest the police shootings…
Meet the Mad Puppeteer Who Brought ‘Hillary’s Nose’ to the March For Bernie
Elliot Crown is an actor who likes the political, an activist who loves creativity. Mash that together and you get one of New York’s only…
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…
Protesters Sent a Message to the BK Real Estate Summit: ‘Brooklyn’s Not For Sale!’
Swiping in at the Nassau stop yesterday, I happened to look down to the ground, and instead of spent MetroCards, I found a smattering of small flyers printed…