Samira Asma-Sadeque

Samira Asma-Sadeque

Bangladeshi journalist and poet with stories in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Guardian.
Apr
25
Close(d) Calls:🗽Asylum seekers out of time 🗽 MTA horror story🗽 Housing woes

Close(d) Calls:🗽Asylum seekers out of time 🗽 MTA horror story🗽 Housing woes

Good morning! I come bearing sad news. (Not that I come bearing good news very often, but this is personal)
4 min read
Apr
13
Tug of War: Rideshares limit parking spots 🗽Who will the floods hit? 🗽Crumbs behind bars

Tug of War: Rideshares limit parking spots 🗽Who will the floods hit? 🗽Crumbs behind bars

It's Not You, It's the Subway: the stories that make New York. Independent, and curated—for you.
5 min read
Mar
30
Hellraisers: NYPD skull 🗽 Another Trump tantrum 🗽Vendors rise up

Hellraisers: NYPD skull 🗽 Another Trump tantrum 🗽Vendors rise up

It's Not You, It's the Subway: the stories that make New York. Independent, and curated—for you.
6 min read
Mar
14
Little victories, big woes:🗽‘Growing up’ in Rikers🗽More housing blues🗽Wage theft & scams

Little victories, big woes:🗽‘Growing up’ in Rikers🗽More housing blues🗽Wage theft & scams

It's Not You, It's the Subway: the stories that make New York. Independent, and curated—for you.
6 min read
Feb
28
Not an allegory: DeSantis in Staten Island 🗽 Hochul backtracks🗽 Construction workers are dying

Not an allegory: DeSantis in Staten Island 🗽 Hochul backtracks🗽 Construction workers are dying

It's Not You, It's the Subway: the stories that make New York. Independent, and curated—for you.
5 min read
Feb
14
Love as resistance:🗽Remembering a COVID victim🗽A new way of thinking about housing🗽Anti-abortion against immigrant women

Love as resistance:🗽Remembering a COVID victim🗽A new way of thinking about housing🗽Anti-abortion against immigrant women

It's Not You, It's the Subway: the stories that make New York. Independent, and curated—for you.
7 min read
Feb
02
In absence of home: The asylum seekers camped on the street 🗽 Voices of Rikers’ trans inmates 🗽 Cop cit(ies)

In absence of home: The asylum seekers camped on the street 🗽 Voices of Rikers’ trans inmates 🗽 Cop cit(ies)

It's Not You, It's the Subway: the stories that make New York. Independent, and curated—for you.
7 min read
Jan
18
City of Pawns: Taxi Workers’ Fight🗽Remembering the Bronx Fire 🗽Voices From Rikers🗽

City of Pawns: Taxi Workers’ Fight🗽Remembering the Bronx Fire 🗽Voices From Rikers🗽

It's Not You, It's the Subway: the stories that make New York. Independent, and curated—for you.
7 min read
Jan
03
New Year's Nurses Strike 🗽 Airport Wage Theft 🗽 Weed Dispensary Opens

New Year's Nurses Strike 🗽 Airport Wage Theft 🗽 Weed Dispensary Opens

It's Not You, It's the Subway: the stories that make New York. Independent, and curated—for you.
7 min read
Dec
20
New York Strikewave🗽World Cup Celebrations🗽Justice for the Incarcerated

New York Strikewave🗽World Cup Celebrations🗽Justice for the Incarcerated

It's Not You, It's the Subway: the stories that make New York. Independent, and curated—for you.
7 min read