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The Indypendent News Hour airs Tuesdays 5–6 p.m. on WBAI-99.5 FM. Check out our archives to listen to past interviews with movement organizers, authors, elected officials and others fighting for justice in New York City and beyond.
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We catch up on the mayoral race with Indy Contributing Editor Nicholas Powers. A new poll out shows former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s lead over his top challenger, Zohran Mamdani, shrinking to a mere two points.
We speak with a participant in the rolling hunger strike by students and faculty at the City University of New York. The hunger strikers want CUNY to cut all ties with Israel and companies that do business with Israel.
Co-host Amba Guerguerian joins us live from Foley Square, where immigrant rights groups and their allies are rallying today to protest the Trump administration’s mass deportation program and the increasingly brazen tactics used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, to detain and deport immigrants.
In our first segment, co-host Amba Guerguerian joins us live from Foley Square, where immigrant rights groups and their allies are rallying today to protest the Trump administration’s mass deportation program and the increasingly brazen tactics used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, to detain and deport i
We speak with City Councilmember Shahana Hanif. She’s facing a tough re-election challenge in her Brooklyn district with money from Uber pouring into her district after she backed legislation that would protect the labor rights of immigrant gig workers.
On the Front Lines: NYC ICE Watch Talks About Its Rapid Response Work in Defense of Immigrants
We hear from an organizer with NYC ICE Watch, a rapid response network founded in 2020 that responds to incidents of ICE sightings and other emergencies.
