Colossal Waste

Dumping garbage is getting a lot more expensive, while recycling is getting more and more affordable. How the Department of Sanitation’s bad math is throwing millions of dollars into dumps.

Pro Bono Blowup

Big law firms are donating their legal expertise to help the less fortunate–the City of New York, that is, as it fights high-stakes civil rights lawsuits.

Shock Treatment

Like all hospitals and clinics that treat the poor, Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health Center is being walloped by changes in Medicaid. Its doctors pray that a medical makeover can get them out of intensive care.