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We speak with Indy Ben Mankoff on WBAI. The disparities within the NYC school system are a frequent topic of conversation on this radio station and elsewhere, but what’s lesser known is that public-school libraries are disappearing. The city Department of Education’s (DOE) Office of Library Services doesn’t have reliable data, but the available figures indicate that over 60% of city high schools d...

We speak with George Abro of the New York Progressive Action Network about the recent midterms election and why he thinks New York Dems did so badly.

We speak with George Abro of the New York Progressive Action Network about the recent midterms election and why he thinks New York Dems did so badly. Then, we hear from Indy reporter Ben Mankoff. The disparities within the NYC school system are a frequent topic of conversation on this radio station and elsewhere, but what’s lesser known is that public-school libraries are disappearing. The city De...

We speak with Democratic Socialist Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani of Queens about fighting Con Ed’s latest price-gouging rate hikes, the need for a Publicly controlled power system fueled by renewable energy sources and the daily work of being a Socialist elected official operating within a capitalist system.

Regina Bueno is from Niterói, Rio de Janeiro. She sent us these vocal messages shortly after Brazil's presidential election results announced Lula would again be president of Brazil. She believes he is a champion of the poor and marginalized people of Brazil.

Over the past couple of years, The Indypendent News Hour has become the premiere news and public affairs show on WBAI, a listen-sponsored community radio station whose signal beams 90 miles in all directions from atop a Midtown skyscraper. On Nov. 8 2022, we expanded our normal one-hour news show into a five-hour election night special. We not only keep track of key races in New York and nationall...