Dem Doldrums in Gotham
Theodore Hamm : Michael Bloomberg
Whatever his party label, Mayor Michael Bloomberg's firmest loyalties are to Wall Street. Why is his Democratic opponent unwilling to forcefully challenge him on economic issues?
New York City
2009
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Aborn for Manhattan DA
Katrina vanden Heuvel : Law & Justice
An experienced prosecutor who knows that prevention is the best crime-fighting strategy, Aborn has fought for drug-law reform and sensible gun-control.
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Richard Aborn for Manhattan DA
Katrina vanden Heuvel : Law & Justice
An experienced prosecutor who knows that prevention is the best crime-fighting strategy, Aborn has fought for drug-law reform and sensible gun-control.
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Economic Dirty Bomb Goes Off in New York
Tom Engelhardt
In the second 9/11, all the pain and torture is in the neighborhood.
2008
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The New Face of Gentrification
Kavita Shah : Housing & Homelessness
Manhattan's El Barrio is facing an uphill battle against a private equity firm attempting to displace low-income residents in a struggle which reflects a growing crisis.
2007
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Insecurity Cameras
William Pentland : Privacy Rights
The more sophisticated security technology becomes in our nation's cities, the more reason privacy activists have to be alarmed.
2006
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The Man Who Loved Children
Suzy Hansen : Cultural Criticism & Analysis
Adam Gopnik's Through the Children's Gate details the trials of a very smug and special class of parents raising children in post-9/11 New York.
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Cashing In on Catastrophe
Wayne Barrett & Dan Collins : Rudolph Giuliani
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is now using his public image, burnished by 9/11, to conceal crooked business deals and reap handsome profits from a national tragedy.
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A Light in Brooklyn
Moustafa Bayoumi : Anti-Racism Activism
In Brooklyn, a beleaguered Arab-American community copes with bigotry and heightened government scrutiny post-9/11.
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Arab America's September 11
Moustafa Bayoumi : Civil Rights After 9/11
Arab Americans are experiencing something similar to McCarthy-era redbaiting, but the cold war performed better on racial justice than Bush's "war on terror."
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Ground Zero for Immigration
Ali Winston : Immigration to the US
A recent rally at the World Trade Center site displayed anti-immigration activists' latest tactics: distorting the truth and exploiting national security concerns.
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On the Corner
David Margolick : Cultural Criticism & Analysis
Times Square may be the most dynamic urban space of the twentieth century, but you wouldn't know it from reading Marshall Berman's On the Town.
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La Vie de Bohème
Drawing from the New York counterculture in which he immersed himself, Ted Berrigan's sonnets and other poems sing beautifully about being broken and graceful and tough.
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Dr. Fun
Kenneth Koch was one of the merrier in the bunch known as the New York School of poets. But he was more than just a poet of humor. He sought the essential nature of human existence, and displayed his infectious awe of the universe in enchanting verse.
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2005 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
Anne Winters's The Displaced of Capital, winner of the 2005 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, is a reflective, documentary and visionary volume of poetry inspired by the city of New York.
2005
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Brooklyn Prof in Godless Shocker
People who believe in academic freedom should denounce CUNY's treatment of an atheist professor.
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