The Census Bureau reports that the poverty rate has held steady and the number of Americans without health insurance dropped. But median income also fell and income inequality rose.
“The World Votes Here” aims to get a glimpse of the complex and interesting ways in which the city’s ethnic enclaves are participating in campaign 2012.
The Republicans call welfare reform “the most successful anti-poverty policy in memory” and the Democrats claim the stimulus saved 7 million people from poverty. What else do the platforms have…
Amid the controversy over the management of New York’s public housing, NYCHA officials are contemplating historic changes to how the agency operates. Tenants are looking for more ways to weigh…
The impact of Mayor Bloomberg’s education reforms is being felt well beyond New York as former DOE aides have taken top jobs in other cities and states.
Documents reveal tense negotiations between city housing officials and Forest City Ratner over the kind of affordable housing the first Atlantic Yards residential tower will provide. Turns out it’s different…
This article is reported in collaboration with the Nation Institute’s Investigative Fund, which has also supported City Limits’s coverage of policing in New York.
After two Supreme Court decisions clarifying the right to bear arms, many thought New York state and city gun restrictions would be the next target. So far, challenges have been…
Springfield, Mass. is where basketball was invented and Dr. Suess was born. It’s also where one of America’s largest gun-makers is located, and where gun violence is a growing concern.
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