With COP 26 Pushed to Late 2021 Due to Pandemic, World Leaders Urged Not to Delay Climate Action
Organizers of the United Nations COP 26 climate change conference that has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic announced Thursday that the summit will now be held during the first two weeks of November 2021 in Glasgow—prompting a new wave of calls for...
Trump Signs Executive Order Aimed at Twitter for Fact-Checking His Bogus Claims
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday regarding social media sites, in response to a fact-check he received from Twitter earlier this week, with hopes that his doing so will allow the reinterpretation of a law widely cited as crucial for the...
Amid Minneapolis Uprising, Anti-War Veterans Call On National Guard to Stand Down
The police killing of George Floyd, a Black man who said he couldn’t breathe as white officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck, has touched off an uprising in Minneapolis that left a police precinct ablaze Thursday night. After Minnesota governor Tim Walz, a...
Trump’s Campaign Was Always Going to Be About Racism. Minnesota Just Became the Epicenter.
When President Donald Trump first weighed in on Wednesday on the caught-on-camera killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, he was uncharacteristically subdued. Floyd’s death was “sad and tragic,” he tweeted. “Justice will be served!” By the early morning hours...
Alex Vitale, Chase Madar and Shahid Buttar on Racist Policing
This week on CounterSpin: The May 26 New York Times reports that authorities are looking into “the arrest of a black man who died after being handcuffed and pinned to the ground by an officer’s knee.” Police murder yet another black person in broad daylight, and...
A lynching without a rope — and in America, that’s nothing new
Today, in 2020, it's George Floyd in Minneapolis, killed by a police officer kneeling on his throat during an arrest for the alleged offense of "forgery." Cell phone cameras captured the whole thing. Images of a handcuffed black man lying face-down on the street,...
After Days of Protest, Police Officer Derek Chauvin Charged With 3rd Degree Murder for Killing George Floyd
Following three days of intense demonstrations in Minneapolis over the death of George Floyd, police officer Derek Chauvin—one of four officers involved in the killing—was taken into custody by state authorities Friday afternoon and charged with third degree murder...
Outpouring of Rage Continues Over Death of George Floyd
Thousands of people took to the streets of Minneapolis for the second night in a row in protest of George Floyd’s deadly encounter with police officers on Monday (May 25). The rally on Wednesday (May 27) began peacefully but took a violent turn as officers “fired...
New York’s Use of Landmark Climate Law Could Resound in Other States
A recent decision out of New York is turning heads in the legal community over what law professors and environmental activists say is a turning point for the state's energy economy, with potentially broader implications nationwide. In a long-awaited decision, New York...
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INTERN in Indy Media
Students interested in interning with an independent media outlet this summer should apply soon. There are limited spots available and the deadline is Monday, March 23. See the application at the bottom of our internship page.
The Indy is the ultimate megaphone
Journalism alum and former intern Olivia Riggio ’19 discusses her internship experience in The Indy is the Ultimate Megaphone. “The Indy has served as a place for me to be challenged and where I have realized I’m capable of pursuing what I’m passionate about....
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From George Floyd to COP 26
Outpouring of Rage Continues Over Death of George Floyd George Floyd, a 46-year-old black father, was killed on Monday by a white Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for over eight minutes until he suffocated. Floyd was handcuffed,...
From Primary Vote-By-Mail to Pipeline Prevention
How To File Absentee Ballot for New York Primary Medical officials urge New Yorkers to vote in the presidential primaries with an absentee ballot. The Indypendent outlines how to get one: fill out an application and cite “temporary illness” as preventing in-person...
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A Jury In Georgia Declares Kings Bay Plowshares 7 Guilty of Conspiracy at Naval Base Housing Nuclear Arsenal
By Vaughn Golden On April 4, 2018, seven activists, devout Catholic Workers, following a calling of their faith to symbolically disarm nuclear weapons, broke into the Kings Bay naval base in southern Georgia. Nearly 19 months later, they were pronounced guilty by a...
Kings Bay plowshares seven begin arguing defense in court
Inside a sterile, but lavish wood paneled courtroom in Brunswick, Ga. Monday, the Kings Bay plowshares seven, formally opened their legal argument, providing hints to what Judge Lisa Godbey Wood would allow. The government, represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Karl...
Indy Outlets: Hard to Start Up, Harder to Keep Going
If building an independent media outlet from the ground up was easy, I’m sure many journalists would ditch the competitive world of corporate media.
The Higher the Pedestal, the Harder the Fall: Arianna Huffington and her AOL Deal
Huffington Post was once regarded as an independent media superstar that embraced liberal ideals while being powered by a team of dedicated, unpaid bloggers who wrote for a cause.
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Online Exhibition: “Infiltrations: A Different Media Environment”
As its 23rd annual edition migrates to virtual spaces to respect public health guidelines to contain Covid-19, the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF) presents “Infiltrations: A Different Media Environment,” an online media exhibition.
Izzy Award Winners Announced
Izzy Award goes to Matt Taibbi, “News Inside” and Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism. This year’s Izzy Award for outstanding achievement in independent media will be shared by journalist Matt Taibbi, the publication “News Inside” and Puerto Rico’s...
INTERN in Indy Media
Students interested in interning with an independent media outlet this summer should apply soon. There are limited spots available and the deadline is Monday, March 23. See the application at the bottom of our internship page.