Memo to the Mayor: How You Can Accelerate the Development of Affordable Housing Memo to the Mayor: How You Can Accelerate the Development of Affordable Housing
Don’t just freeze the rent of rent-stabilized units. Don’t allow their demolition at all.
Dec 1, 2025 / Roberta Brandes Gratz
Donald Trump’s Imperialism Is Murdering People—at Home and Abroad Donald Trump’s Imperialism Is Murdering People—at Home and Abroad
Trump’s boat bombings deserve legal retribution, but also show why we need an entirely new foreign policy.
Dec 1, 2025 / Jeet Heer
How Trump Is Using Claims of Antisemitism to End Free Speech How Trump Is Using Claims of Antisemitism to End Free Speech
Trump’s urge to suppress free speech may be about Israel today, but count on one thing: It will be about something else tomorrow.
Dec 1, 2025 / Mattea Kramer
Making Sense of Inflation Making Sense of Inflation
The economic force is often seen as a barometer for a nation's mood and health. But have we misunderstood it all along?
Dec 1, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Sam Stark
Can We Opt Out of Facial Recognition Technology? Can We Opt Out of Facial Recognition Technology?
I traveled through airports and reported in sports stadiums this year. At each, I was asked to scan my face for security.
Nov 29, 2025 / Nicholas Russell
Escalation on Many Fronts Escalation on Many Fronts
The world’s problems are our problem.
Nov 28, 2025 / OppArt / Giulio Bonasera
Thanksgiving Without Turkey? Thanksgiving Without Turkey?
Turkey prices are up roughly 40 percent (wholesale) this year as inflation drags on.
Will Technology Save Us From a Nuclear Attack? Will Technology Save Us From a Nuclear Attack?
So far, the Golden Dome seems more like a marketing concept designed to enrich arms contractors and burnish Trump’s image rather than a carefully thought-out defense program.
Nov 27, 2025 / Ashley Gate and William D. Hartung