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Claire Valdez on How to To Win a Democratic Congressional Primary in Zohran’s Commie Corridor

July 01, 2026

Claire Valdez has dual American and Native American citizenship and grew up in a conservative West Texas town with a horizon that never ends. That didn’t stop her from beating accusations of being a gentrifying hipster transplant, and chalking up a huge win for the Democratic primary in NY-7 -- a seat formerly and solidly held by the first Puerto Rican woman in Congress Nydia Velázquez, who endorsed someone else. The Democratic Nominee for NY-7 and presumptive future Congressmember stopped by...

Live from the Brooklyn Puerto Rican Day Parade with Jose Alvarado & Zohran Mamdani the Day after the Knicks Won the Finals

June 17, 2026

“Blessed. I’m here, man. I just want to celebrate with my people. It’s exciting to be a part of this journey,” said Jose Alvarado—shirtless on a float that was about to be towed by a pickup truck down Knickerbocker Avenue—the afternoon after the New York Knicks brought home an NBA Finals Championship. Alvarado, aka GTA, is a Nuyorican and the only native New Yorker on the Knicks. He grew up in NYCHA’s Berry Street Houses in South Williamsburg, and was greeted with a hometown hero’s welcome at...

Rosa Martinez on the Global Sumud Flotilla and Being Imprisoned and Tortured by Israel

June 05, 2026

Rosa Martinez’s anti-imperialist organizing is in their blood -- raised in Miami by Colombian immigrants, their grandfather was Manuel Marulanda, the founder and leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). So when they set sail from Italy towards the Gaza Strip in an attempt to break the Israeli siege, with the Freedom Flotilla Coalition as a part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, they viewed their participation as a part of a family legacy of direct action. In this interview, Ro...