Can This Muslim Community Create a Model for Rebuilding Detroit? Can This Muslim Community Create a Model for Rebuilding Detroit?
Dream of Detroit is uniting Muslims across race and background to rebuild one of the city’s long-neglected neighborhoods.
Jul 26, 2017 / Cities Rising / Jenna Krajeski
Americans Oppose School Segregation in Theory—but Not in Practice Americans Oppose School Segregation in Theory—but Not in Practice
A debate over integration of a wealthy school in New York City shows that change is no easy task.
Jul 13, 2017 / StudentNation / Perpetual Baffour
Cavaliers Owner Dan Gilbert: Cleveland’s Corporate-Welfare King Cavaliers Owner Dan Gilbert: Cleveland’s Corporate-Welfare King
The City Council of Cleveland is siding with the billionaire against the people it represents in an outrageous $200 million corporate-welfare stadium scam.
Jul 13, 2017 / Dave Zirin
The Debate Democrats Can’t Duck The Debate Democrats Can’t Duck
The populist temper of the time is rousing citizens across the country. Politics as usual won’t suffice anymore.
Jul 11, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Patriotism in the Trump Era Patriotism in the Trump Era
For many Americans, the pursuit of happiness is getting harder every day. But in the growing movements demanding justice and equality for all, we see the hard work of patriotism fl...
Jul 5, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How a Small City Took On a Financial Giant—and Reclaimed Its Most Precious Resource How a Small City Took On a Financial Giant—and Reclaimed Its Most Precious Resource
After a protracted fight with the Carlyle Group, Missoula’s water is finally in the hands of the people.
Jul 5, 2017 / Cities Rising / Jimmy Tobias
It Will Take Tenacity and Guts to Shutter One of the Country’s Most Notorious Jails It Will Take Tenacity and Guts to Shutter One of the Country’s Most Notorious Jails
Is New York Mayor Bill de Blasio up to the challenge of closing Rikers Island?
Jul 5, 2017 / Cities Rising / Jarrett Murphy
These Cities Might Just Save the Country These Cities Might Just Save the Country
Dispatches from the Urban Resistance, from Atlantic City to Miami Beach.
Jun 30, 2017 / Cities Rising / Jimmy Tobias
No, Seattle’s $15 Minimum Wage Is Not Hurting Workers No, Seattle’s $15 Minimum Wage Is Not Hurting Workers
Contrary to what one unrepresentative study found, the city’s workers are actually benefiting from the wage hike.
Jun 30, 2017 / Michelle Chen
The Economic System That Made the Grenfell Tragedy Possible The Economic System That Made the Grenfell Tragedy Possible
In the UK—and in the US—public goods like affordable housing have been neglected to dangerous degrees.
Jun 26, 2017 / Michelle Chen