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An unflinching portrait of the women’s liberation movement
Truth to power — For the past half-century, photographer Donna Ferrato has been on the frontlines of women’s rights protests, documenting fierce political battles and the hidden world of domestic abuse.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Torrey Peters: ‘I worried about the book hurting trans women‘
Detransition, Baby — The Brooklyn-based author talks to Huck about her groundbreaking debut novel, a kaleidoscopic social comedy which fearlessly navigates taboos around gender, sex, and relationships.
Written by: Nicola Dinan
We must change how we think about unemployment
Time to organise — In the 1920s and '30s, the National Unemployed Workers' Movement mobilised thousands of people. Now, a century on, a newly-launched radical organisation is bringing together workers made unemployed by the pandemic to demand and resist.
Written by: Polly Smythe
Raven Leilani on failure, sex and the brutality of capitalism
Luster and beyond — The New York-based novelist discusses her masterful debut, Luster, a book capturing the angst and self-discovery that defines the early-20s quagmire.
Written by: Katie Goh
An idyllic portrait of pre-gentrification Brooklyn
Word on the street — Photographer Larry Racioppo remembers shooting Myrtle Avenue and Clinton Hill in 1979, providing a revealing glimpse into how the interwoven communities have changed since then.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Polaroids capturing the icons of '80s New York nightlife
Maripol in conversation — Photographer Maripol reflects on NYC's vibrant downtown club scene, where she shot everyone from Debbie Harry, to Grace Jones, to Madonna and Sade.
Written by: Miss Rosen
A moving portrait of a Brooklyn teen gang in the '50s
Outsider on the inside — In 1959, photographer Bruce Davidson, then 25, embedded himself in a gang of New Yorkers to capture the essence of postwar inner-city youth culture.
Written by: Miss Rosen
A taxi driver's gritty shots of New York in the '70s
Through the windshield — In the 1970s and '80s, Joseph Rodriguez worked as a cab driver while studying photography in NYC, where he captured an unflinching portrait of the city.
Written by: Zach Sokol
How radical health activists fought the 70s heroin epidemic
Dope is Death — A new documentary explores the legacy of a 1970s coalition of New York health activists and revolutionaries, among them Tupac's stepfather and The Black Panthers, and how they founded North America's first acupuncture detox clinic.
Written by: Daniel Dylan Wray
The US sanctuaries protecting immigrant families from ICE
'I felt like a caged dog' — We hear the stories of immigrants and activists on the frontlines of resistance to the Trump administration’s racist border regime – many of whom are now hidden away in churches – and ask if a Biden presidency could ever mark an end to the injustices.
Written by: Alex King
