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The East Village Magazine – September 2026
The latest edition of The East Village Magazine has been delivered and is at newsstands now. If you haven’t seen your copy, here’s the online version for download and viewing:
Village Life: A bit of ‘Mario Kart’ in Mexico City
By Kate Stockrahm There are few experiences more humbling than visiting a place where you cannot speak the language well, if at all. We’re here in Mexico City (CDMX), which is larger than New York City in both land area and population to many a foreigner’s surprise, for a…
On ‘Exploring Mid-Michigan: A Guide to Flint, the Saginaw Valley, and the Thumb’
By Gordon Young There are some travel guides you want beside you on the car seat. Remember the old AAA TripTik? It still exists, though in a more practical but less satisfying digital form. The dashboard touchscreen display is just not the same as flipping the pages as the miles…
Commentary: You might be a socialist if…
By Paul Rozycki With the victory of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani as Mayor of New York, the activism of Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Abdul El-Sayed’s recent Michigan primary win, the rise of the Democratic Socialist/progressive wing of the…