A new documentary, ‘The Five Demands,’ explores the 1969 student campus takeover that reshaped college education in New York.
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Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Energy Insufficiency
With a mission to create green jobs and bring green-energy loans to the poor, BlocPower has gained powerful backers in tech, finance, and government. Where are the results?
Posted inEconomic Policy
Guaranteed Income Gets a New Life
A surge of federal funding from the American Rescue Plan has helped cities develop pilot guaranteed income programs. Will they last?
Posted inTransportation
Live to Ride Another Day
The end of COVID emergency funding forces public-transit systems, states, and cities to get creative about new funding.
Posted inEducation in America
As Recovery Dollars Recede, Public-School Summer Programs Disappear
Many low-income students will lose access to academic opportunities and recreational activities.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Public Subsidies to Sports Stadiums Aren’t Going Away
A Tempe, Arizona, vote showed cities can decline to fund millionaires’ arenas—but some municipalities still shower wealthy teams with taxpayer dollars.
Posted inPolitics
From the Exonerated Five to the New York City Council
Yusef Salaam campaigned on economic justice and housing reform.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
How New York’s Democratic Socialists Brought Unions Around to Public Renewables
State lawmakers worked hard to convince utilities and construction union members that they would not end up on the chopping block.
Posted inHousing
New York Considers Community Land Trusts
Nonprofit developers are working to get first dibs on transforming multifamily housing developments into real options for rent-burdened New Yorkers.
