Hector Figueroa leads a new wave of savvy organizers reinventing, and radicalizing, the city’s union for janitors and doormen–provoking everyone from his own members to the Manhattan DA.
With no explanation, American Express has been canceling the credit cards of Pakistani immigrants. A community under siege wonders whether its financial freedom will be next to go.
Hip hop activists are rightly proud of their local victories fighting prison expansion and school cuts, but there are more questions than answers about what’s next for the nascent movement.
Officials said street vendors had to leave New York’s shopping districts because they were bad for business. Now the sidewalks are clear–not just of vendors, but customers, too.
