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People of Interest

From the polyamorous to the paperless and more, an up-close look at New York’s diverse communities and subcultures, as told to Narratively.

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Can These Simple Cargo-Hauling Bikes Save Our Cities?

How a scrappy collective of anti-capitalists and anarchists is changing the way New York gets deliveries—and possibly breaking our addiction to cars along the way.

This Rapid-Fire TV Host Has an Entire Studio Mounted on His Bike

Scouring the city street by street with the hardest working quiz-show master in New York.

Courtney Williams Is on a Mission to Get Black and Brown People to Bike

She fell in love with cycling, but was tired of never seeing anyone else who looked like her on two wheels. So she did something about it.

These Blind New Yorkers Are Biking Across New York City

How a bold new organization empowers people with vision impairments to experience the five boroughs like never before.

Paperless People #4: He Helped Protect Gay Nigerians. Then They Made Protecting Gay People Illegal.

An LGBT advocate who fled for his life speaks out on the agonizing process of applying for asylum while rebuilding his life across the ocean from his wife and young children.

Paperless People #3: “Lawyers are the New First Responders”

An attorney for asylum seekers on life in this brave new world.

Paperless People #2: “Tomorrow’s the Day I Find Out If I’m Going to Be Deported”

After serving time for white-collar crime, he rebuilt his life helping immigrants like him navigate the system. Now he might be torn from the community he has fought for.

Paperless People #1: “I Put My Life on the Line for This Country. My Mom Shouldn’t Have to Worry About Being Arrested.”

A Marine from the Bronx takes his bravest step yet: convincing his undocumented immigrant parents to come out of the shadows.

Polyamorous People #4: “When I Show Up at These All-White Events and I Feel Uncomfortable, I’m Not Quiet.”

A happy husband and boyfriend on how ditching monogamy made his marriage succeed — and why people of color often feel unwelcome in the polyamory community.