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
In a neighborhood immune to gentrification, a different model of revitalization is required.
Apr 17, 2013 / Feature / Ginia Bellafante
Israel’s Land Grab in East Jerusalem Israel’s Land Grab in East Jerusalem
Decades of Jewish settlement and Arab dispossession have radically changed the demographic makeup of this Palestinian capital.
Apr 17, 2013 / Anna Lekas Miller
Responding to Terror Responding to Terror
After Boston, we must proceed with caution—and respect the rule of law.
Apr 17, 2013 / David Cole
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 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Punishing Students For Who They Are, Not What They Do Punishing Students For Who They Are, Not What They Do
America's school suspension rates reflect—and shape—the disparities at work in the nation at large.
Apr 17, 2013 / Blog / Chloe Angyal
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
How the 1 Percent Rules How the 1 Percent Rules
An elite nonprofit no one’s ever heard of has turned New York into a city of tall towers and tony boulevards.
Apr 16, 2013 / Feature / Doug Henwood
What Happened to Working-Class New York? What Happened to Working-Class New York?
As images of wealth abound, the struggles of ordinary workers have become invisible.
Apr 16, 2013 / Feature / Joshua Freeman
Gun Control Package Nears the Tipping Point Gun Control Package Nears the Tipping Point
Changes in language and poison pill amendments could throw gun control off the tracks.
Apr 16, 2013 / Blog / George Zornick