California allowed armed Black Panther Party members to legally march into the state capitol in the 1960s, leading to the nation's first repeal of a state open carry law. ...
With imagery that could have been lifted from a Leni Riefenstahl documentary, Donald Trump painted an apocalyptic picture of America and vowed to be the “law and order” president in his keynote speech....
Donald Trump’s true nature–his legacy of lying, deceit and untrustworthiness–has been revealed in a devastating new video featuring his former lawyer, and self-described “fixer” Michael Cohen....
Steve Bannon, the hard-right political activist who guided Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign, was arrested and charged in New York City with allegedly defrauding a charity of $1 million....
Howard Stern has the perfect solution for Ellen DeGeneres’ “toxic work environment.” Just go with it. After all, nastiness has worked out well for the shock jock....
President Trump has signed a blizzard of executive orders this year, which appear destined for his campaign brochures. (Photo MPG Collage)
Donald Trump has ...
Donald Trump joined Fox News in fawning support of the National Rifle Association (NRA) in its fraud and corruption lawsuit. (Photo: NYI Collage)
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New York State has filed a wide-ranging lawsuit against the National Rifle Association (NRA) and its controversial president Wayne LaPierre. Get the details here. ...
Sam Panda admittedly wore a skimpy bikini to a South Carolina beach, but was she actually nude? Local Myrtle Beach police seemed to think so. See the hilarious video and let us know your thoughts....
Donald Trump and his GOP cohorts have been trying to make urban violence a political issue, but they have failed to mention a leading problem–the flow of illegal guns from lax gun-law states to the nation’s cities....
Martin Gugino, who was shoved to the ground and seriously injured by Buffalo police is a well known local peace activist, and member of a group similar to one that former President Jimmy Carter has made famous....
Donald Trump’s presidency began on a low point and has been sinking deeper ever since, freighted by lies, half-baked policy decisions and gross incompetence. ...
Carice van Houten, the red witch Melisandre on HBO’s hit series “Game of Thrones,” is casting an evil eye at fans for being “ungrateful.” They thought the final season of the show sucked....
Prince Charles has taken a moment from his cloistered royal life to urge backbreaking toil for Brits who have been left jobless by the coronavirus pandemic. Not that he ever had a real job....
Jeffrey Epstein is the star of a chilling new trailer for an upcoming Netflix documentary about his pedophile sex ring that features a cast of well known characters including Donald Trump,...
William Barr (left) is falling in line behind the President on Michael Flynn, leading to calls for his resignation. (Photo: ScreenCap)
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Donald Trump, desperate to shift blame for the COVID-19 pandemic, has claimed it was created in a Wuhan, China lab, but his own top health advisor shot down the claim in an eye-opening interview....
Attorney General William Barr his issued a tantamount declaration of war against the states, but New York’s attorney general is pushing back against the intrusion on state sovereignty....
COVID-19 treatment protocols in New York City hospitals are tantamount to “murdering” patients because they are being put on invasive ventilators and “forgotten,” according to a shocking new video....
Bella Thorne, the Disney teen queen actress turned Hollywood sex siren, provided a little COVID-19 relief, showing off her dance skills poolside in a tiny bikini....
Donald Trump’s erratic COVID-19 briefings have been slowly eroding his credibility, but his bizarre “LIBERATE” tweets in support of angry mobs protesting his own policies have pushed his approval ratings to a new low in the latest polls....
M.I.A, the UK singer best known in the United States for flipping the finger during the 2012 Super Bowl halftime show, is causing another uproar over her anti-vaxxer views amid the coronavirus pandemic....
Donald Trump has been relentlessly championing a malaria drug to treat Covid-19, but the drug is quickly falling out of favor with doctors because of its ineffectiveness and side effects....
Celebrities from Madonna to George and Amal Clooney are trying to do their part to fight the COVID-19 virus by donating money, organizing relief efforts. Here are 31 Celebs Helping...
New York State says it will “aggressively defend” itself against a National Rifle Association (NRA) lawsuit to overturn an order that deemed gun stores “non-essential” businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic....
Keith Girard is Editor and Publisher of The New York Independent, the progressive New York web magazine. Read the latest on Celebrities, Politics, Fashion, Music, Arts, Film, TV, Theater & Pop Culture. Before that, he was editor-in-chief of Billboard magazine and a reporter for the Washington Post among other media positions.
