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He claimed that he's narrowed the achievement gap, but his record indicates otherwise.

The Flatiron Building in 1903, at the end of the last Gilded Age

In the Age of Bloomberg, America’s most iconic big city is also its most unequal.

In a neighborhood immune to gentrification, a different model of revitalization is required.

NYPD Terrorism

After Boston, we must proceed with caution—and respect the rule of law.

Nearly forty years after Ford told New York to drop dead, the city is still here—but forever changed.

An elite nonprofit no one’s ever heard of has turned New York into a city of tall towers and tony boulevards.

As images of wealth abound, the struggles of ordinary workers have become invisible.

Iraq

What used to be called "shell shock" is now the daily stress of living in a war zone.

Rinku Sen on the Associated Press's decision to "drop the 'i' word," Robert Dreyfuss on Hagel's bad budget rhetoric, and the editors on a prize for Nation illustrator Steven Brodner.

From the All in the Red Collective in New York to the Oxy Sexual Assault Coalition in California, young activists are on the march.

Blogs

The state’s recent legislation turns its gun-buyback program into a recycling initiative and underscores the necessity for federal action. 

May 2, 2013

An aggressive, racially charged stop-and-frisk captured on audio helped raise the debate about the police tactic.

May 2, 2013

Now that the NBA center has come out—the first current pro athlete to do so—what's next for LGBT equality?

May 1, 2013

We can’t let our discomfort with teen sex trump young people’s right to reproductive health.

May 1, 2013

By coming out of the closet as an active, male pro athlete, Jason Collins has redefined the possible.

May 1, 2013

A visit to a forlorn sex shop inspires meditation on the diverse meanings of solidarity, mutuality and community.

April 30, 2013

The interactive La Ruta dramatizes an experience that many immigrants know too well—and senators could learn from.

April 30, 2013

Are those hunger strikers I hear? Or is it just the wind?

April 30, 2013

We can no longer say that no active male athlete has ever come out of closet. Meet the NBA’s Jason Collins.

April 30, 2013

The high school football coach is on board for two more years—despite the jock-turned-rape culture in his locker room.

April 29, 2013