Bunni Elian

Melissa Bunni Elian is a multimedia journalist based in Yonkers, N.Y. Her work analyzes culture and interrogates the foundations of structural inequality and other social problems.

Yonkers, NY

Editor's Letter

A New Approach to Community News

After 15 years in journalism, I’m launching The Leveler News to do things differently in Yonkers, NY.

A crowd gathers along the side walk as a woman stands at the edge waving a giant American flag. The sky is cloudy and rainy. A line of cars stretch down the street where more people can be se

Politics Featured

Hundreds Attend Yonkers 'No Kings' Day of Protest

Over 500 residents from across Westchester gathered in Yonkers, transforming individual outrage into a collective moral force.