A day in the life of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman: Suing Trump, defending sanctuary cities, changing the law so more people can vote.
Cities & Communities
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Providence Coalition Forces Officials to Think Smarter About Transportation
A grassroots campaign to stop a traditional expressway project shows how communities can shape state transportation decisions.Â
Posted inBooks
The Neighborhood Activist as Prophet
How Jane Jacobs took on the planners—and how her legacy is at risk.Â
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How to Build a Winning Progressive Infrastructure
The first step is to identify the real activists—not to create a leftist Breitbart, or to replicate the Koch network.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trump’s Immigration Crackdown is Dangerous for Workers (Not Just Immigrants)
With more aggressive immigration enforcement and less stringent labor law enforcement on the horizon, labor advocates are concerned about the undocumented workforce.
Posted inEconomic Policy
It’s the Poverty, Stupid, Not Trump’s Imagined Carnage
While President Donald Trump continues his jeremiad against urban life, the nation’s mayors see poverty as their number one economic problem.
Posted inEducation in America
DeVos Finally Gets Hearing — Before the Same Senators She Helped Elect
Campaign-finance questions will loom large over the Senate’s Tuesday confirmation hearing for billionaire and education lobbyist Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump’s pick for education secretary. Having initially postponed the hearing, senators now face a mounting list of questions about DeVos. The latest is why she failed to disclose a $125,000 political donation, something the Trump transition […]
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Elaine Chao Keeps Mum
The Transportation Department nominee declines to lift the curtain on the president-elect’s infrastructure revitalization vision.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Undocumented and Exposed
DACA recipients are grappling with fear and uncertainty on the eve of Trump’s presidency, unsure whether they face deportation, job loss, or government abuse of their personal information.
Posted inEconomic Policy
No, Feminism Isn’t Over — But It Needs to Change
To counter Donald Trump’s victory, the very structure of liberal and progressive politics must be seized by women.
