By Taylor Curry/El Inde Starting Local Growing up Latina in Tucson, Arizona, 19-year-old Rubí Rodríguez had been practicing mutual aid for years before learning the term as a discrete concept. For as long as she can remember, her friends, family, and neighbors have been sharing food, clothes, and other resources as a matter of practicality….
By Jacob Mennuti/El Inde Fight For 15 campaign manager, C.J. Boyd, used to bike to work in the treacherous snowstorms of Chicago, working at a bar that paid less than minimum wage with tips. Working minimum wage jobs for almost his whole life while also fueling his aspiring career as a musician, Boyd moved to…
By Gabriella Cobian/El Inde When Kristen Randall was 18 years old, she lived at home in Monticello, New York, and had recently graduated from high school. A few months prior, Randall’s parents suspected she was sexually active and an altercation followed soon after in which her father hit her. She assumes her parents found out…
By Blake Gephart / El Inde For two decades, America has been at war in the Middle East. The battles have continued, but there seems to be less and less coverage about what it is our troops are doing in places like Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan. We know even less about Special Operations Command, or…
By Sam Burdette / El Inde The afternoon of Feb. 28, Gene C. Reid Park’s Barnum Hill wasn’t the serene, tree-shaded grassy area it usually is. There were no families toting old bread for the ducks as they walked alongside the south pond’s rocky border, and there were no picnics on the gently sloping hill,…
