ARTS and CULTURE Justice Dreaming of Brooklyn: Development Reconsidered An art exhibit and conference looks at what development has meant—and will mean—for New York’s most romanticized borough.
Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Quiet Follows Harlem's Rezoning For Redevelopment The economy has accomplished what opponents of last year’s 125th Street rezoning feared they could not: Slowing the pace of gentrification.
Government Investigations City Pension Plans: Can They Do Good and Do Well? The city’s retirement funds offer a powerful tool for social activism. A look at how Comptroller Bill Thompson and his would-be successors approach the task of putting city money where…
Economy Housing and Homelessness Nonprofits' Outlook After A Year Of Living Dangerously These are nerve-racking times in New York City’s largest private employment sector, delivering crucial social services. And next year looks worse.
Justice The World's Religions Meet In The Hospital Health care providers are availing themselves of new tools to increase their cross-cultural sensitivity.
Education Government Building New Capacities Nonprofits are forced into creative problem-solving, and some of it is working.
Economy New Jobs Programs Aim For Unemployed 'Stimulus' Millions are going to put people to work in growth fields, as well as subsidizing wages for those harder to employ.
Justice Intrigues and Immigrants: A Soap Opera For Learners An earnest new educational show attempts to close the gap between NYC’s many English language learners and too few affordable language classes.
ARTS and CULTURE Housing and Homelessness On Exhibit: Housing Folly and Failure An artful ‘learning center’ delivers substance with a disturbing punch.
Government Segregated and 'Adequate' Or Equal and Excellent? Four professors studied urban schools and interviewed students about their experiences. A new book presents what they learned.
