Politics

The Senate’s Drone and Trigger-Happy Immigration Bill

The Senate’s Drone and Trigger-Happy Immigration Bill The Senate’s Drone and Trigger-Happy Immigration Bill

Legal permanent residency and eventual citizenship will be conditional on expanded border security—including the use of drones.

Apr 17, 2013 / Aura Bogado

‘Koch,’ ‘The Central Park Five,’ and the End of Doubt

‘Koch,’ ‘The Central Park Five,’ and the End of Doubt ‘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.

Apr 17, 2013 / Feature / Gene Seymour

The Once and Future Harlem

The Once and Future Harlem The Once and Future Harlem

A sense of common destiny with Africa ebbs and flows in New York's gentrifying black enclave.

Apr 17, 2013 / Feature / Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts

The Education of Michael Bloomberg

The Education of Michael Bloomberg The Education of Michael Bloomberg

He claimed that he's narrowed the achievement gap, but his record indicates otherwise.

Apr 17, 2013 / Feature / Leonie Haimson and Diane Ravitch

Welcome to the Gilded City of New York

Welcome to the Gilded City of New York Welcome to the Gilded City of New York

In the Age of Bloomberg, America’s most iconic big city is also its most unequal.

Apr 17, 2013 / Feature / The Editors

Resurrecting Brownsville

Resurrecting Brownsville Resurrecting Brownsville

In a neighborhood immune to gentrification, a different model of revitalization is required.

Apr 17, 2013 / Feature / Ginia Bellafante

Responding to Terror

Responding to Terror Responding to Terror

After Boston, we must proceed with caution—and respect the rule of law.

Apr 17, 2013 / David Cole

A Robin Hood Response to the Austerity Lie: Tax Wall Street

A Robin Hood Response to the Austerity Lie: Tax Wall Street A Robin Hood Response to the Austerity Lie: Tax Wall Street

Congressman Keith Ellison renews his call for a financial transactions tax—this time, with a grassroots movement behind him.

Apr 17, 2013 / John Nichols

Greg Kaufmann: After Sequestration, Where Will Poor Families Sleep?

Greg Kaufmann: After Sequestration, Where Will Poor Families Sleep? Greg Kaufmann: After Sequestration, Where Will Poor Families Sleep?

Housing programs are getting the budgetary knife—a crisis for seniors, people with disabilities and poor families.

Apr 17, 2013 / Press Room

The Legacy of the 1970s Fiscal Crisis

The Legacy of the 1970s Fiscal Crisis 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.

Apr 16, 2013 / Feature / Kim Phillips-Fein

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