Flower Branches, 2021, Oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches This week we welcome artist Mija Jung. Jung is a painter living in the Lower East Side of New York City […]
A renaissance of immigrant worker organization and power
Welcome to the latest edition of this NYC election-focused newsletter. I’m journalist Felipe De La Hoz, and today we’re delving into what is becoming a notable and encouraging political phenomenon: […]
Helen’s Flower Farm
It’s the Great Pumpkin! Yes, it’s that time of year again — for fall festivals, hot cider and a hunt through the pumpkin patch. It’s also time for the final […]
The 7 truths about vaccines right now
There’s demand for vaccines again. That’s the good news. The surge is thanks to boosters, mandates and, literally, the fear of death (and Delta). The bad news: We still haven’t addressed conditions that made it so hard for some communities to get shots in the first place.
NYC serves up bill of rights for delivery workers
When New York City shut down in March 2020 because of the pandemic, essential workers kept the city running. Workers like Gustavo Ajche delivered essentials to people who were quarantined […]
New York’s Native American history
Welcome to the latest edition of this NYC election-focused newsletter. I’m independent journalist Felipe De La Hoz, and as we head toward Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we figured we might briefly […]
Jessica Carvajal
Introspection, digital illustration This week we welcome artist Jessica Carvajal. Carvajal is an illustrator, born in Bogota, Colombia, who moved to the United States three years ago. Carvajal earned her bachelor’s […]
Seema Lisa Pandya
Tabla Diosphere, tabla pudis, 30″x45″ x30″, 2019 This week we welcome Seema Lisa Pandya, a Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist, sustainability consultant and sustainable design professor at New York School of Interior Design and Fashion […]
Udalls Cove Park Preserve
This place is for the birds On the pastoral fringes of Queens lies a little-known nature preserve with a lot of history. We explored parts of it a couple weeks […]
It takes a village of volunteers to help excluded workers
There are around 300,000 undocumented workers living in New York City, many of whom are essential workers who lost jobs during the pandemic but had no unemployment insurance or federal […]