“One cannot level one’s moral lance at every evil in the universe. There are just too many of them. But you can do something, and the difference between doing something and doing nothing is everything.” -Daniel Berrigan

Too many New Yorkers are getting ripped off—paying obscene rents for apartments that fail basic health and safety standards. When tenants speak up, landlords threaten eviction. That ends now. Today we launched a citywide crackdown on rental ripoffs, like landlord neglect and

I haven’t seen anything about this. Why?

After tomorrow, 12/31, commuters will no longer be able to buy or refill MetroCards. OMNY launched in 2019, with a full rollout in 2020. So, why isn’t there an OMNY app yet?

A legend. 🙏🏾

“Elon Musk isn’t a scientist. He’s a billionaire con man with a checkbook.” — AOC And she’s right. Buying engineers doesn’t make you one. It just makes you rich enough to cosplay genius while other people do the work.

Jennifer Welch just torched the lie in one breath: “The GOP trained people to hate anyone who needs help, while billionaires loot the country and call themselves job creators. The real parasites aren’t the poor. They’re the billionaires.” That’s the scam. Exposed.

you could tell they regret raising a generation with this much empathy and authenticity in cartoons

Last week, online conspiracy theorists wrongfully blamed Mustapha Kharbouch, a young Palestinian student at Brown University, for the horrific shooting in early December because of a photo of him wearing a Keffiyeh. In the days since, Kharbouch has faced death threats and

Christians are doing the math 👀

Let’s go with FIX THE STREETS especially if you had a hand in breaking it.

Very simple explanation of what means testing is and why it doesn’t make sense

The DNC announced that it will not release its internal autopsy of the 2024 election (and what went wrong). Well, I have some thoughts. If Democrats ever want to take America back from Trump and his cronies, here are eight things they must do.

I’m going to be thinking about the phrase “monetize the dysfunction” for the rest of the month.

Given the abject cruelty, outright violence, and unashamed white supremacy from this regime over the last 11 months—particularly targeting communities to which I either belong or with which I stand in solidarity—the fact that I have not crashed out is nothing short of a miracle.

“I am one of those who think the best friend of a nation is he who most faithfully rebukes her for her sins—and he her worst enemy, who, under the specious and popular garb of patriotism, seeks to excuse, palliate, and defend them.” —Frederick Douglass

Know your rights. Protect your neighbors. New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.

Donald Trump's rant about Somalis in Minneapolis left out a few relevant facts. Don't worry, I got you. Subscribe to ContrabandCamp for your daily Wake-Up Call.

I’m nearly 50. I don’t use TikTok. I listen to NPR Morning Edition and read the Financial Times daily. I’m a lawyer who has worked on Israel-Palestine issues for the last 20 years. The evidence I’ve seen that Israel committed atrocities including genocide in Gaza is overwhelming.

The dehumanizing rhetoric coming from the President and this administration continues to grieve my heart. Here’s something I wrote this morning. https://t.co/Eh7mnKvYxq

“When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.” —Shirley Chisholm