Whitney Kimball

When I met Jocelyn, a Parkersburg, West Virginia woman in her early 20s, she was coming off her fourth job interview at the third fast food restaurant in two weeks. She’d made it to the second round with the manager, who’d just told her he wanted to know “how it looked on paper.” On paper, she looked great; her resume listed two previous management positions at fast food franchises before the age of 22. But he was referring to the other paper: the birth certificate.

MP candidate, activist and sex worker Charlotte Rose provides a remedy that can't be found in a hospital.

You are ugly, and if you didn’t notice, perusing a history of American cosmetic marketing will point out all of your innumerable flaws until you feel that god has damned you.

On Saturday, we reported the ACLU’s claims of physical and verbal abuses by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) against approximately 288 Iraqi nationals (exact number is growing) who would face immediate deportation, were it not for a judge’s order granting them a temporary emergency stay....

Protesters and Fans Greet Trump on First Presidential Visit to NYC

Women For Trump Want to Know: 'If He Hated Women So...

How can New York City protect its people from Washington if it can’t get a tax on plastic bags? Chronicles from the first hundred days at City Hall

Coming out furry, in mid-life

A vox pop survey of Midtown residents after the Sept 17, 2016 dumpster bomb

I aided and commissioned an essay by activist Scott Andrew Hutchins.

On how New Yorkers won and lost the power to save their city.

This is what happens when an industry buys a town.

The Plan That Could Fend Off Real Estate: Frances G...

Protests outside the 2016 Presidential debates, through the eyes of Ellisha Garner