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On behalf of myself and the Pressenza staff, I would like to acknowledge the recent passing of Suzanne Gepp. Suzanne was instrumental in developing and doing graphics for two of the first NYC Humanist magazines, both of which were Pressenza…

Avelo Airlines has entered into a controversial agreement with US immigration authorities to operate deportation flights, sparking protests from coast to coast. Activists, legal organizations, and local communities are mobilizing against the carrier’s role in deportations. The controversy reflects a…

Stand With Veterans For Peace in New York City, on April 30, 2025, to mark 50 years since the end of the American War in Vietnam. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaza 55 Water Street, NYC April, 30, 2025, 1 pm At…

The New York Times Over the course of the last 25 years, The New York Times has devolved into an arm of the Israel lobby and the now bipartisan neoconservative war economy. In fact, most of their foreign affairs and…

The Trump clowns are planning to close U.S. embassies in Africa. Good riddance, right? Wrong. They still plan to work on “coordinated counterterrorism operations” and “strategic extraction and trade of critical natural resources.” They also still plan to maintain U.S. military bases across…

As Western values—democracy, free-market capitalism, international law—melt away like ice cream in the summer sun, the media frames this decline as apocalyptic, as if humanity itself teeters on the edge of extinction. But this is hardly the first time human…

Photos by David Andersson New York City, April 19 — As part of a nationwide wave of anti-Trump protests on Saturday, New Yorkers gathered outside the New York Public Library at 42nd Street and 5th Avenue in a peaceful, spirited…

Environmental and science groups are suing the Trump administration for removing public information concerning climate and the environment from federal agency websites. The Sierra Club, the Environmental Integrity Project, California Communities Against Toxics and Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) filed a complaint on Monday…

In a recent article before Trump’s tariff announcement, I mentioned the growing movement to boycott Made in USA because of its continuing to abet Genocide in Gaza. By Karl Sanchez That has now spread even farther in defiance of the…

On Monday evening, April 14, Jewish Voice for Peace–NYC (JVP-NYC) held a Liberation Seder outside ICE headquarters at Foley Square. The action, co-sponsored by IfNotNow, Jews For Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ), Rabbis for Ceasefire, and Shoresh, brought together hundreds…