Even the easy stuff isn't so easy
How hard should it be to get broad agreement on “unless and until you get the rules changed, follow them”? Not very. But achieving that consensus sometimes seems an impossible dream in New York City, a place where you’re generally not doing your rule-breaking in splendid isolation but rather in ways that have real impacts on others.
How white is Medicaid in Trump country?
Medicaid cuts, which could result in millions of Americans across the country losing health coverage, may appear politically palatable to those who subscribe to deeply-held stereotypes about Medicaid recipients (and all recipients of state-administered “welfare” programs): they are mostly Black and generally live largely in urban centers. But look at what the data say.
Speaker Adams opposing effective fair housing enforcement?
She has blocked a critical fair-housing enforcement bill that would bring transparency and accountability to the coop admissions process.
Summer in the city
An interview with the editor of a new collection of essays on John Lindsay’s mayoralty. A very different time in New York City, and a very different vision of governing it.
Lobbying America
Benjamin Waterhouse shows how business organizations woke up in the 1970s and changed American politics (and yes, there is at least one smoke-filled room).