New York City

'Being People-Funded Frees Me to Put People First': Ocasio-Cortez Touts Highest Portion of Small-Dollar Donors

Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)

As Cuomo Touts Green New Deal for New York, Critics Warn 'Empty Rhetoric' Just as 'Dangerous as Inaction'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

"A true Green New Deal for New York must include a moratorium on all new fossil fuel infrastructure and a commitment to transition New York to 100 percent renewable energy by 2030."

"You're Worth $1 Trillion. Why Do You Need Our $3 Billion?" Angry New Yorkers Confront Amazon Execs at Council Meeting

Julia Conley, staff writer

The online retail giant has said its new headquarters in New York will create...

NY Assembly Member Has Better Idea: Cancel $3 Billion Amazon Giveaway, Buy Up Crushing Student Debt Instead

Julia Conley, staff writer

"We shouldn't pay Amazon for the privilege of a new office campus. Instead,...

#HQ2Scam Hashtag Lifts Off After Cities Reveal $2.1 Billion in Tax Giveaways for Amazon

As 'Corporate Bribery' Lands Amazon HQ2 in Queens, Ocasio-Cortez Says Community Response Is... 'Outrage'

'Seriously Big Deal' as NYC and London Mayors Call on Cities Worldwide to Divest From Fossil Fuels

Ocasio-Cortez: Why Do We 'Write Blank Checks for War' But 'Pockets Are Empty' When It Comes to Medicare for All?

'If Frail, Old People Can Take a Stand, Anybody Can': Grannies Traveling 2,000 Miles to Protest Trump's Child Detention

Endorsing Cynthia Nixon and Jumaane Williams, DSA's Largest Chapter Calls Candidates 'Best Chance We Have to Win' Progressive Reforms

At Rally Outside Jamie Dimon's Home, Immigrant Rights Advocates Demand #BackersOfHate Stop Bankrolling For-Profit Prisons

NYC Vows to 'Keep Fighting' With Appeal After Federal Judge Dismisses Climate Suit Against Big Oil

Tenants Accuse 'Predatory' Kushner Real Estate Firm of Exposing Families to Cancer-Causing Dust Then Forcing Them Out

How Did She Win? With a 'Laser-Focused Message of Economic, Social, and Racial Dignity for Working-Class Americans,' Explains Ocasio-Cortez

Ahead of Tuesday Primary, Progressive Candidates Vow 'to Bust Up Big-Money Politics in New York'

'This Is What Solidarity Looks Like': Mass Demonstrations at LaGuardia Airport as Kids Ripped From Parents Arrive in NY

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#CrimingWhileWhite/#AliveWhileBlack

As the feds plan to investigate the Eric Garner travesty "to heal the breakdown in trust," let them check out #CrimingWhileWhite - whites tell of sins safely committed under the cloak of white privilege - and #AliveWhileBlack - blacks tell the flip dark side of the story. Black - "Cops pulled me over (for) going 45 in a fast lane - speed limit was 50" to white - "My buddies wanted more oil $, so I pretended there were WMDs in Iraq & oversaw the murder of 150,000 ppl" - we are two nations.