‘The Only Plan the Prison Has Is to Leave Us to Die in Our Beds’ ‘The Only Plan the Prison Has Is to Leave Us to Die in Our Beds’
Families of loved ones imprisoned in New York’s notorious Tombs jail report that Covid-19 appears to be spreading in the facility—and there is no hand sanitizer.
Mar 25, 2020 / Rosa Schwartzburg
As the Lights Go Down in New York City As the Lights Go Down in New York City
What will still be here, once we’re allowed to go out again?
Mar 17, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Luke Hayes Says Now Is ‘the Moment to Shake Up New York Politics’ Luke Hayes Says Now Is ‘the Moment to Shake Up New York Politics’
The behind-the-scenes player in New York’s progressive wave says the state should be “a lesson to national Democrats.”
Mar 16, 2020 / DJ Cashmere
‘We Have No Nurses and No Isolation Room’ ‘We Have No Nurses and No Isolation Room’
Why teachers, principals, and politicians pushed New York’s mayor to shut down the country’s largest school system.
Mar 15, 2020 / Ross Barkan
What Bloomberg Is Doing Has No Precedent in American Political Life What Bloomberg Is Doing Has No Precedent in American Political Life
If he becomes the nominee, then the Democratic Party will be a wholly owned subsidiary of the billionaire.
Feb 27, 2020 / Jeet Heer for The Nation
The Art of Eviction The Art of Eviction
How one company helps landlords exploit a loophole in New York’s tenant laws.
Feb 3, 2020 / Feature / Joshua Hunt
A Fire May Have Wiped Out 40 Years of Chinese American History A Fire May Have Wiped Out 40 Years of Chinese American History
The archives of the Museum of Chinese in America may have been destroyed, but the institution is still a crucial repository of community memory.
Jan 29, 2020 / Madeline Leung Coleman
A Roof Is Only the Beginning A Roof Is Only the Beginning
The Housing First model prioritizes providing apartments, but people who are homeless need more than a home to stay housed.
Dec 23, 2019 / Michelle Chen
Why Is the Media So Obsessed With Michael Bloomberg? Why Is the Media So Obsessed With Michael Bloomberg?
The 77-year-old billionaire was a terrible mayor of New York City who only exacerbated inequality.
Dec 13, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman
RIP, Paul Volcker: The Fed Chair Who Thought We Lived Too Well RIP, Paul Volcker: The Fed Chair Who Thought We Lived Too Well
To avoid repeating the macroeconomic mistakes of the past 40 years, progressives must reckon with Volcker’s tremendous—and harmful—influence.
Dec 11, 2019 / Obituary / Rohan Grey