Cities

The Fight to Save San Francisco’s Public College

The Fight to Save San Francisco’s Public College The Fight to Save San Francisco’s Public College

Why is an accrediting commission targeting a well-performing college serving underprivileged communities?

May 15, 2014 / StudentNation / Justine Drennan and StudentNation

The Battle of 42nd Street

The Battle of 42nd Street The Battle of 42nd Street

The demise of the New York Public Library’s Central Library Plan is the end of a Bloomberg-era castle in the sky.

May 14, 2014 / Scott Sherman

After Jackson Loses Its Radical Mayor, a Movement Spreads in the South

After Jackson Loses Its Radical Mayor, a Movement Spreads in the South After Jackson Loses Its Radical Mayor, a Movement Spreads in the South

Still mourning Chokwe Lumumba, progressives gather to push his vision for worker-owned co-ops.

May 14, 2014 / Laura Flanders

Free Cecily McMillan! A Special Issue of the Occupy Gazette

Free Cecily McMillan! A Special Issue of the Occupy Gazette Free Cecily McMillan! A Special Issue of the Occupy Gazette

On Monday, May 5, Occupy Wall Street protester Cecily McMillan was found guilty of assaulting NYPD Officer Grantley Bovell at the OWS anniversary protest on March 17, 2012. She now...

May 13, 2014 / Sarah Leonard

No More Tale of Two Cities? How de Blasio’s 2015 Budget Could Make New York More Equal

No More Tale of Two Cities? How de Blasio’s 2015 Budget Could Make New York More Equal No More Tale of Two Cities? How de Blasio’s 2015 Budget Could Make New York More Equal

Could we finally be leaving Mayor Bloomberg’s Gilded City behind? 

May 12, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

First Witness Called in Bridgegate Hearings

First Witness Called in Bridgegate Hearings First Witness Called in Bridgegate Hearings

A former aide says Christie's deputy chief of staff was "instrumental," but for whom?

May 7, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss

Chris Christie’s Bridge Scandal Goes Beyond the George Washington

Chris Christie’s Bridge Scandal Goes Beyond the George Washington Chris Christie’s Bridge Scandal Goes Beyond the George Washington

Will the Pulaski Skyway bring down New Jersey’s governor?

May 5, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss

Doubling the Minimum Wage Is on the Agenda in Seattle—and Nationally

Doubling the Minimum Wage Is on the Agenda in Seattle—and Nationally Doubling the Minimum Wage Is on the Agenda in Seattle—and Nationally

A big-city mayor proposes moving toward $15-an-hour. A movement builds.

May 2, 2014 / John Nichols

More Local Law Enforcement Officials Are Refusing to Comply With Obama’s Deportation Policies

More Local Law Enforcement Officials Are Refusing to Comply With Obama’s Deportation Policies More Local Law Enforcement Officials Are Refusing to Comply With Obama’s Deportation Policies

Counties and cities are posing a challenge to the Obama administration, whose immigration enforcement mechanisms lean heavily on the partnership between federal and local agents.

May 2, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

How New York’s Taxi Drivers Lost Their Health Insurance Fund

How New York’s Taxi Drivers Lost Their Health Insurance Fund How New York’s Taxi Drivers Lost Their Health Insurance Fund

The impasse facing the TWA healthcare program stems from the taxi workforce’s structural exclusion from labor protections

Apr 28, 2014 / Michelle Chen

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