Articles

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

Israel’s Land Grab in East Jerusalem

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 Responding to Terror

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

Apr 17, 2013 / David Cole

Kent State Students Demand Debt Redress Kent State Students Demand Debt Redress

Kent State students are mobilizing today against excessive costs and bleak job prospects.

Apr 17, 2013 / StudentNation / Kyle McCarthy and StudentNation

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

Punishing Students For Who They Are, Not What They Do

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 / Chloe Angyal

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