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Chicago teachers

CORE’s victory is a boost to social movement unionism—and a model for other unions around the country.

NOLA Shooting

But I’m not giving up on this precious, important city. America shouldn’t either.

As part of The Nation's mayoral candidate series, de Blasio gives his views on how to tackle economic inequality.

Progressive activists can learn important lessons from a successful grassroots campaign against transit racism.

A homeless family

An already-bleak housing and homelessness situation is about to get a lot worse.

New York’s housing crisis has pushed hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers underground.

Bloomberg

The state of the city isn't quite as wonderful as the mayor claims.

A writer navigates the empty streets and boarded-up businesses of his childhood.

Enterprise lot

It seems unbelievable, but land dedicated to the VA for housing veterans has been denied to them—and LA has more homeless vets than any city in America.

Phoenix

The city is at the crossroads of climate change—and, for a host of reasons, an unsustainable future. 

Blogs

New York's Attorney General has issued subpoenas to a fast food company and is investigating several franchisees for what employees say is a rampant issue.

May 16, 2013

It’s time we update our definition of “home” so that co-ops aren’t just “small businesses.”

May 15, 2013

Amid speculation about the bombing, a great city and its people are responding to tragedy with a strength that is the stuff of poetry.

April 16, 2013

For men of color in New York, getting stopped-and-frisked is a daily reality. Will the courts do anything to change it? 

April 5, 2013

The fight in LA to house homeless disabled veterans—on land donated to the government for them—has moved to the courts.

March 25, 2013

The Republican governor seeks to give an “emergency manager,” not elected officials, authority over the city.

March 6, 2013

There is a special place reserved for the late New York City mayor in gay hell.

February 2, 2013

Seattle’s one-of-a-kind city program holds all public officials accountable for racial equity.

January 28, 2013

Two interviews have new resonance since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.

December 20, 2012

From public housing to living wages, how can New York rebuild as a more equal, just city? 

December 7, 2012
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