The New Face of Gentrification
Kavita Shah : Housing & Homelessness
Manhattan's El Barrio is facing an uphill battle against a private equity firm attempting to displace low-income residents in a struggle which reflects a growing crisis.
New York City
2008
2007
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Insecurity Cameras
William Pentland : Privacy Rights
The more sophisticated security technology becomes in our nation's cities, the more reason privacy activists have to be alarmed.
2006
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The Man Who Loved Children
Suzy Hansen : Cultural Criticism & Analysis
Adam Gopnik's Through the Children's Gate details the trials of a very smug and special class of parents raising children in post-9/11 New York.
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Cashing In on Catastrophe
Wayne Barrett & Dan Collins : Rudolph Giuliani
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is now using his public image, burnished by 9/11, to conceal crooked business deals and reap handsome profits from a national tragedy.
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A Light in Brooklyn
Moustafa Bayoumi : Anti-Racism Activism
In Brooklyn, a beleaguered Arab-American community copes with bigotry and heightened government scrutiny post-9/11.
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Arab America's September 11
Moustafa Bayoumi : Civil Rights After 9/11
Arab Americans are experiencing something similar to McCarthy-era redbaiting, but the cold war performed better on racial justice than Bush's "war on terror."
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Ground Zero for Immigration
Ali Winston : Immigration to the US
A recent rally at the World Trade Center site displayed anti-immigration activists' latest tactics: distorting the truth and exploiting national security concerns.
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On the Corner
David Margolick : Cultural Criticism & Analysis
Times Square may be the most dynamic urban space of the twentieth century, but you wouldn't know it from reading Marshall Berman's On the Town.
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La Vie de Bohème
Drawing from the New York counterculture in which he immersed himself, Ted Berrigan's sonnets and other poems sing beautifully about being broken and graceful and tough.
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Dr. Fun
Kenneth Koch was one of the merrier in the bunch known as the New York School of poets. But he was more than just a poet of humor. He sought the essential nature of human existence, and displayed his infectious awe of the universe in enchanting verse.
2005
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2005 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize
Anne Winters's The Displaced of Capital, winner of the 2005 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, is a reflective, documentary and visionary volume of poetry inspired by the city of New York.
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Brooklyn Prof in Godless Shocker
People who believe in academic freedom should denounce CUNY's treatment of an atheist professor.
2004
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The Fine Art of Bush-Bashing
Liza Featherstone : Republican Party
While New York City authorities and anti-GOP organizers square off over the right to rally, cultural activists are taking matters into their own hands.
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Bush To City: Drop Dead
Jack Newfield : Economic Policy
The President vows to exploit New York City, not aid it.
2003
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New York State of Mind
Colson Whitehead's new perversely daring book is smooth, dazzling, evocative, but also narrow and monochromatic.
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