NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani Wants You to Have More Money in Your Pocket NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani Wants You to Have More Money in Your Pocket
The New York State Assembly member explains how free buses, free childcare, a rent freeze, and city-run grocery stores would make life easier for working-class New Yorkers.
Feb 18, 2025 / Q&A / Sumaya Awad
REI Sells the Great Outdoors While Workers Breathe Chemicals in a Windowless Basement REI Sells the Great Outdoors While Workers Breathe Chemicals in a Windowless Basement
Ski shop workers at an REI in New York City went on strike after the company took away their respirators.
Jan 28, 2025 / Kiera Feldman
Why Are New York Politicians So Corrupt? Why Are New York Politicians So Corrupt?
The state’s political culture is—especially as evinced by its campaign finance laws—practically designed to encourage wrongdoing.
Nov 1, 2024 / Tisya Mavuram
Trump’s Rally Was a Desecration of Madison Square Garden Trump’s Rally Was a Desecration of Madison Square Garden
Under billionaire James Dolan, the ties between Madison Square Garden and New York City’s working class were already fraying. Then he gave the stadium’s keys to Trump.
Oct 29, 2024 / Dave Zirin
My Long, Strange Trip to Madison Square Garden to Meet the Trumpies My Long, Strange Trip to Madison Square Garden to Meet the Trumpies
Trump supporters told me repeatedly that Trump loves them. How can so many people believe this?
Oct 29, 2024 / Katha Pollitt
The Real Scandal in New York City The Real Scandal in New York City
What’s worse than taking illegal foreign campaign contributions? Mayor Eric Adams’s failure to meet the city’s glaring needs.
Oct 29, 2024 / D.D. Guttenplan
At-Will Employment Must End. Our Civil Rights Depend on It. At-Will Employment Must End. Our Civil Rights Depend on It.
New York City can become the first major US city to require employers to give workers advance notice of termination and a written explanation of their firing.
Sep 26, 2024 / Tiffany Cabán and Tony Rosario
The Rise and Fall of New York Clubbing The Rise and Fall of New York Clubbing
Emily Witt’s memoir of Brooklyn's rave scene accomplishes something that even the cynical among us cannot deny: It will make you want to go dancing.
Sep 23, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Kevin Lozano
As Homelessness Spikes in New York City, Eric Adams Is Trying to Close a Homeless Shelter As Homelessness Spikes in New York City, Eric Adams Is Trying to Close a Homeless Shelter
The possibility of closure looms over the patrons of the Mainchance drop-in center.
Sep 19, 2024 / Xenia Gonikberg
Our Buildings Were Built for a Different World Our Buildings Were Built for a Different World
The climate crisis demands that we retrofit them—which won’t happen at scale until architects start seeing themselves as political actors.
Aug 7, 2024 / Column / Kate Wagner