independent

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By Caro Claire Burke Knopf: 400 pages, $30 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Polls by independent institutes predict a sweeping victory for the Tisza party led by pro-European conservative Peter Magyar.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Andy Pickup is digital director at MKM Building Supplies, an independent builders' merchants, which also sells directly to the public.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

No Kings is supposed to be a broad coalition of Americans — left, right and independent — united by a belief in real democracy, the Constitution and the rule of law.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

She managed the best independent theater in the East Village, one of the best in Manhattan, even though she was only...eighteen?

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny