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Feature
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‘Koch,’ ‘The Central Park Five,’ and the End of Doubt
Two movies about a long-gone New York raise questions about the city it has become today.
Gene Seymour
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The Once and Future Harlem
A sense of common destiny with Africa ebbs and flows in New York's gentrifying black enclave.
Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts
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The Education of Michael Bloomberg
He claimed that he’s narrowed the achievement gap, but his record indicates otherwise.
Leonie Haimson and Diane Ravitch
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Welcome to the Gilded City of New York
In the Age of Bloomberg, America’s most iconic big city is also its most unequal.
The Editors
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Resurrecting Brownsville
In a neighborhood immune to gentrification, a different model of revitalization is required.
Ginia Bellafante
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The Legacy of the 1970s Fiscal Crisis
Nearly forty years after Ford told New York to drop dead, the city is still here—but forever changed.
Kim Phillips-Fein
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Wanted: A Progressive Mayor
After two decades of Republican rule, will New York finally elect a progressive to City Hall?
Jarrett Murphy
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How the 1 Percent Rules
An elite nonprofit no one’s ever heard of has turned New York into a city of tall towers and tony boulevards.
Doug Henwood
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What Happened to Working-Class New York?
As images of wealth abound, the struggles of ordinary workers have become invisible.
Joshua Freeman
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A Wall Street State of Mind
How a city that once celebrated seamstresses and stevedores came to admire "big swinging dicks."
Steve Fraser
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Editorial
For a Public Search Engine
Studies show that insiders at Google could, if they wanted, covertly alter voter preferences. The very possibility is a threat to democracy.
Evan Leatherwood
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Save the New York Public Library!
The current renovation plan is too costly and will ruin the landmark 42nd Street building. A reasonable compromise is still on the table.
Scott Sherman
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Noted
John Nichols on the USPS and Saturday delivery, Liliana Segura on Boston hero Carlos Arredondo, James Cersonsky on a celebrity-studded fight against mass incarceration, and Laura Flanders on Tax Loopholes For All.
Various Contributors
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Tragedy in Boston
We’re still searching for the elusive balance between safety and liberty. Maybe, in the response to this attack, America can get it right.
The Editors
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Column
In Rape Tragedies, the Shame Is Ours
Rehtaeh Parsons, Audrie Pott: these are victims of sexual violence who didn't survive.
Jessica Valenti
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Lessons From the Central Park Five
A new documentary sheds light on what we haven't learned from the tragic miscarriage of justice.
Patricia J. Williams
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Books & the Arts
Save the New York Public Library!
The current renovation plan is too costly and will ruin the landmark 42nd Street building. A reasonable compromise is still on the table.
Scott Sherman
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The Sons of Revolution and Steerage: On ‘City of Ambition’
FDR, Fiorello La Guardia and rebuilding New York City during the New Deal.
Richard Kreitner
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Chim’s Eye: On Photography and Politics
Is it possible to create an intellectually aware, politically honest image?
Francis Reynolds
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Dreams Built and Broken: On Ada Louise Huxtable
How an architecture critic made New York City her touchstone for discussions of public space.
Alexandra Lange
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Sugar Rush and Stomachache: On ‘NYC 1993’
The New Museum tries to explain why the city's art scene changed in 1993.
Barry Schwabsky
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Letters
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Crossword
Puzzle No. 3280
And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.
Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto