Tag: Cities

COVID-19 and the Color Line

St. Louis is a microcosm of American structural racism.

Jamala Rogers, Jason Q. Purnell, Walter Johnson, Colin Gordon

Should There Be a COVID-19 Rent Strike?

While the government and some banks have announced mortgage moratoriums, they have not insisted that rent relief be passed on to tenants. Many renters don’t know what they will do come April 1, let alone May 1.

Mordecai Lyon

The Bird at the Window

Since 1970 North America has lost 29 percent of its bird population. New York City alone kills almost a quarter of a million birds each year. More than most people, poets have tried to respond to these unremarked—and mostly preventable—deaths.

Calista McRae

How Not to Do Activism

The calculus of power isn’t defined by hits or clicks or tweets. It is measured in relationships and meaningful reactions over time.

Michael Gecan

Zero Hour: The First Days of New Berlin

Thirty years after the Wall fell, the story of Berlin's anarchist utopia.

Paul Hockenos

The Revolutionary and the Historian

A historian and rapper reflect on their shared activism and the place they see for allies in the long struggle for racial justice.

Mordecai Lyon, Tef Poe, Walter Johnson

Homes for Citizens

New York public housing is plagued with problems, but it possesses a democratic advantage that voucher systems lack: residents can hold the state accountable not only as tenants but as constituents.

Pedro A. Regalado, Salonee Bhaman

Killing the Commons

The Sins of “Smart” Cities

What happens when we reframe complex social and political issues as technical puzzles? Two new books challenge modern cities' over-reliance on data and technology.

Ruth Miller

Dystopia Is Everywhere

Hye-young Pyun’s surreal, violent novels reject stereotypes about Korean women’s writing, taking up global themes of environmental collapse and the loneliness of city life.

Jae Won Chung