The Indypendent News Hour on WBAI-99.5 FM // 26 March '24

Indy Audio

In the first half of the show we speak with two Indy reporters, Amba Guerguerian and Ariana Orozco about their stories in the newly-released April issue of The Indypendent. Guerguerian’s cover story looks at how younger workers are leading the charge in a resurgent labor movement as they strive to turn low-wage retail and service sector jobs into stable, good-paying union jobs. Orozco has been covering the State of New York’s attempt to close SUNY Downstate Hospital in central Brooklyn. Ariana also spoke with med school students at Albert Einstein College of Medicine about the recent announcement that a $1 billion donation to the school would ensure students at the school would have to pay tuition again. Then we speak with Naim Mian of Writers Against the War on Gaza about the recent groundswell of direct action targeting The New York Times as well as a new unsubscribe campaign and the website newyorkwarcrimes.com, which was recently launched by a group of anonymous researchers, reporters and creatives.