Prior to the September 11 , 2001 attacks '' The Indypendent '' focused largely , though not entirely , on local issues , examining the corporatization of New York public schools , the decimation of public space , and the placing of power-plants in overwhelmingly poor areas of NYC . Following 9/11 , the paper — in addition to absorbing a surge of volunteers and producing two special issues within days of the attacks — increasingly covered international and national affairs , in addition to local issues . The paper increasingly grew in the physical sense , as well , reaching 24 pages in the days leading up to the 2002 World Economic Forum meetings in New York . In first days of the Iraq War , the paper increased its publishing frequency and decreased its size in order to better deal with the surge of content . In the month before the 2004 Republican National Convention , the paper went color
2004 Republican National Convention
2004 Republican National Convention
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