Ending Stop-and-Frisk for Good Ending Stop-and-Frisk for Good
How the New York City Council’s Community Safety Act stands the best chance of curtailing the NYPD’s most destructive racial profiling practices.
Aug 21, 2013 / Ross Tuttle and Stephen Maing
An Interview With Bill de Blasio An Interview With Bill de Blasio
The New York City mayoral candidate talks labor issues, climate change, the NYPD and the legacy of A-Rod.
Aug 20, 2013 / Bhaskar Sunkara
A Populist Insurgency in New York City A Populist Insurgency in New York City
Bill de Blasio has pitched his mayoral campaign with the most progressive and ambitious agenda in memory.
Aug 13, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
It’s About Inequality: New York’s Class-Conscious Mayoral Race It’s About Inequality: New York’s Class-Conscious Mayoral Race
For the first time in years, class politics are creeping back onto the New York campaign trail.
Aug 12, 2013 / Matthew Arnold
Bill de Blasio for Mayor Bill de Blasio for Mayor
His candidacy is an opportunity for New Yorkers to reimagine their city in boldly progressive ways.
Aug 8, 2013 / The Editors
Congress Misses an Opportunity to Reverse Sequester Cuts to Housing Congress Misses an Opportunity to Reverse Sequester Cuts to Housing
A Senate attempt to restore sequester cuts to low-income housing fails—housing assistance trend continues to go from bad to worse.
Aug 7, 2013 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
Veto Decision Looms for DC Retail Living Wage Bill Veto Decision Looms for DC Retail Living Wage Bill
The bill, requiring hourly compensation of $12.50, is a high-profile challenge to Walmart’s business model.
Aug 7, 2013 / Blog / Josh Eidelson
Democracy Disenfranchised: Detroit’s Next Mayor Won’t Be Allowed to Govern Democracy Disenfranchised: Detroit’s Next Mayor Won’t Be Allowed to Govern
Michigan’s Republican governor has seized control of Detroit—and there’s a lot more at stake than one city’s balance sheet.
Aug 7, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols
‘Quit’ Isn’t How Anthony Weiner Rolls ‘Quit’ Isn’t How Anthony Weiner Rolls
Anatomy of a near-believable performance.
Aug 6, 2013 / Blog / Leslie Savan
Bankrupting Democracy in Detroit Bankrupting Democracy in Detroit
The citizens of one of our largest cities are being shut out of the decisions that will affect their future.
Jul 31, 2013 / Editorial / John Nichols