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Why New York City Needs the Voting Rights Act

A key part of the landmark law is being challenged at the Supreme Court. While discrimination at the voting booth is often thought of as a Southern problem, New York…

Justice Opinion

Report Faults NYPD's Treatment of Some Groups

This writer says NYPD tactics and attitudes unjustly target blacks, Latinos, gays, transgender people, vendors and sex workers.

Justice Opinion

To Avoid Broken Adoptions, Avoid Breaking Families

No one’s sure how often adopted children end up back in foster care. What is certain is that blood relationships are often too deep or complex for court action to…

Government Opinion

No More Shell Games: Time for Real Campaign Reform

It’s not just that Gov. Cuomo’s campaign-finance reform plan doesn’t go far enough. It’s that even the best reform won’t do enough to make our system truly democratic.

Economy Education Government Opinion

What Does the City's Recovery Need? More Libraries

Libraries perform a critical role in workforce development for low-income New Yorkers. But budget cuts have so curtailed service that Detroit’s libraries are now open more than New York’s.

Education Opinion

Demography & Destiny: College Readiness in New York

When Mayor Bloomberg took charge of New York’s schools, he highlighted wide racial gaps in school achievement as a rationale for reform. A new study finds those disparities persist—and suggests…

Economy Opinion

When Can Employers Check Your Credit?

Congress may make it harder for employers to check the credit scores of potential hires. Until they do, job-seekers need to know their rights.

Economy Opinion

Hail a Taxi? Yes! Prearrange One? No!

A livery cab owner wants to slam the brakes on a proposal to allow riders to pre-arrange yellow cab pickups with a smartphone app.

Government Opinion

How to Fix NY's Voting System in 10 Easy Steps

Many city voters will recall the 2012 election chiefly for the long lines and deep confusion they endured. With municipal elections just around the corner, says this writer, this is…

Government Opinion

What if Campaigns Put Out Aid Instead of Ads?

Corruption, cronyism—much was wrong with old-fashioned machine politics. But compared to today’s campaigns of sound-bites and surveys, yesterday’s ward heelers fused genuine relationships between politics and people’s lives.

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