In Princeton, a Housing Plan Sparks a Neighborhood War In Princeton, a Housing Plan Sparks a Neighborhood War
What a battle over a mixed-use development in a historic town reveals about liberal America.
Apr 10, 2026 / Sophie Mann-Shafir
The Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans Can’t Get a Break The Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans Can’t Get a Break
The neighborhood is facing an onslaught of catastrophic projects that could be more damaging than Hurricane Katrina.
Mar 30, 2026 / Roberta Brandes Gratz
Water Infrastructure in Texas Is Failing. A Surge of New Funding Can Fix It. Water Infrastructure in Texas Is Failing. A Surge of New Funding Can Fix It.
As the state promotes industrial expansion and costly seawater desalination projects, advocates want to prioritize fixing aging pipes and supporting public health.
Mar 26, 2026 / StudentNation / Lajward Zahra
Mary K. Simkhovitch and the Dream of an Affordable New York Mary K. Simkhovitch and the Dream of an Affordable New York
A new book revisits the public housing programs of the 1930s.
Mar 16, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Freeman
How the Theatrics of Mamdani’s Trump Meeting Backfired How the Theatrics of Mamdani’s Trump Meeting Backfired
By pandering to the president’s vanity, the New York mayor reinforced Trump’s image as a strongman commanding deference—an especially bad look on the eve of Trump’s war with Iran
Mar 5, 2026 / D.D. Guttenplan
Sunnyside Yard and the Quest for Affordable Housing in New York Sunnyside Yard and the Quest for Affordable Housing in New York
Constructing new residential buildings, let alone those with rental units that New Yorkers can afford, is never an easy task.
Feb 16, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Karrie Jacobs
Can New York Adapt the Subway for the Climate Crisis? Can New York Adapt the Subway for the Climate Crisis?
As climate change leads to record rainfalls, the city’s 120-year-old subway system is more vulnerable to flooding than ever.
Jan 28, 2026 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen
We Need Radical Abundance We Need Radical Abundance
If we want abundance we have to ask, an abundance of what exactly, and produced under what economic logic?
Jan 22, 2026 / Keir Milburn
Why the “Abundance” and “Stuck” Crowd Are Off the Mark Why the “Abundance” and “Stuck” Crowd Are Off the Mark
Don’t blame the housing crisis on local NIMBYism and too many regulations.
Jan 16, 2026 / Roberta Brandes Gratz
I Led the FDNY. Don’t Believe Elon Musk’s Nonsense About It. I Led the FDNY. Don’t Believe Elon Musk’s Nonsense About It.
Musk’s attack on the new FDNY commissioner proves he knows nothing about how modern fire departments work.
Jan 16, 2026 / Laura Kavanagh