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The Rise of the Progressive City

With liberal hopes dashed in Washington, political energy is gathering in cities, where social change is actually possible.

Michelle Goldberg

Why the Bloodiest Labor Battle in US History Matters Today

All the factors that defined the 1914 conflict at Ludlow are with us once again.

Thai Jones

Will Phony Populists Hijack the Fight Against Inequality?

These days everyone wants to ‘create opportunity,’ but few want a class war.

Zoë Carpenter

Obamacare Tax Credits 101

Jen Sorensen

Jonathan Schell, Eloquent Champion of Nonviolence

He made it clear that on matters of conscience, inaction is unacceptable.

The Editors

What Jonathan Schell Taught Us About the Power of Nonviolence

What he gave us was so beautiful, so significant, so strong.

Rebecca Solnit

Why Cold War Again?

Stephen F. Cohen

How Obama’s Brother’s Keeper Initiative Could Really Make a Difference

Lecturing black men isn’t going to help them overcome the barriers they face. Better jobs and education policies will.

Pedro Noguera

Why Do So Many Leftists Want Sex Work to Be the New Normal?

Yes, let’s erase stigma. But feminists, please: let’s not forget to talk about male privilege.

Katha Pollitt

Finally

Calvin Trillin

My Johannesburg

The city and its landscape would not exist were it not for many violations against nature.

Mark Gevisser

Past, Present, Futurism

The Guggenheim’s Futurism exhibition and the Whitney Biennial offer competing visions of present-mindedness.

Barry Schwabsky

Taking It to the Square

Squarepop—public squares of refusal—is the broken madness of the world stood on its head.

Joshua Clover

What’s Behind the ‘Poor Door’?

Inclusionary zoning laws are among the few tools left to ensure the creation of affordable housing.

Michael Sorkin

Mule

Christina Robb

Letters

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Puzzle No. 3320

Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto