Trump’s War Momentum
The Airman Came Home. So Did Trump’s War Momentum. A daring rescue deep inside Iran saved a life on Saturday. For many Americans who hoped this war might end through…
The Regulatory U-Turn: David Do Abandons Role at Controversial App Empower
The Regulatory U-Turn David Do Abandons Role at Controversial App Empower In a dramatic reversal that has rattled New York City’s transportation oversight circles, David Do, the former Commissioner of…
MAMDANI: Illegal Conversions & Overcrowded Housing: The “Native’s” Response to a Housing Desert
MAMDANI: Illegal Conversions & Overcrowded Housing: The “Native’s” Response to a Housing Desert – Survival Strategies in the Settler Colony
MAMDANI: High Business Taxes and Regulations: The Bifurcated Bureaucracy
MAMDANI: High Business Taxes and Regulations: The Bifurcated Bureaucracy – How the State Serves Monopoly Capital and Crushes the Petty Bourgeoisie
MAMDANI: Disability Access: The Built Environment of Exclusion
MAMDANI: Disability Access: The Built Environment of Exclusion – Ableism as a Colonial Custom
The Non-Profit Industrial Complex
The Non-Profit Industrial Complex – The NGO as a Colonial Administrator
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Elder Care
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Elder Care – The Abandonment of the “Useless” Native
MAMDANI: The Hollowing Out of Small Businesses
MAMDANI: The Hollowing Out of Small Businesses – The Clearing of the “Native” Commercial Landscape
MAMDANI: Aging Infrastructure: The Somatic Unraveling of the Colonial City
MAMDANI: Aging Infrastructure: The Somatic Unraveling of the Colonial City – Deferred Maintenance as a Form of Systemic Neglect
The Plight of the Psychiatrically Disabled
The Plight of the Psychiatrically Disabled – The Ultimate “Useless” Subject in the Capitalist City
MAMDANI: The Plight of Street Vendors
MAMDANI: The Plight of Street Vendors – The “Native” Trader in the “Settler’s” Marketplace
MAMDANI: The Erasure of Tenants’ Rights
MAMDANI: The Erasure of Tenants’ Rights – The Customary Law of the Landlord Class
Riker’s Island & The Architecture of Decentralized Despotism
Riker’s Island & The Architecture of Decentralized Despotism – The Customary Rule of Law in the Colony’s Core
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Language Access
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Language Access – A Bureaucracy Designed for the “Settler” Tongue
The Struggle for Park Equity
The Struggle for Park Equity – The Bifurcated Geography of Recreation and Green
The Subway Fare & The Poll Tax on the Poor
The Subway Fare & The Poll Tax on the Poor – Monetizing the Right to Movement
The Gig Economy & Neo-Feudalism
The Gig Economy & Neo-Feudalism – Platforms as the New Customary Lords
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Local Journalism
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Local Journalism – The Silencing of the “Native” Narrative
MAMDANI: Home Rule vs. State Control: The Metropolitan vs. The Settler Sovereign
MAMDANI: Home Rule vs. State Control: The Metropolitan vs. The Settler Sovereign – The Limits of Local Power in a Colonial Structure
MAMDANI: Coastal Flooding & Sea Level Rise: Climate Apartheid in the Bifurcated City
MAMDANI: Coastal Flooding & Sea Level Rise: Climate Apartheid in the Bifurcated City – The Settler’s Wall and the Native’s Flood Zone
MAMDANI: The Erasure of Working-Class History
MAMDANI: The Erasure of Working-Class History – Amnesia as a Tool of Colonial Control
MAMDANI: Food Deserts & The Control of Sustenance
MAMDANI: Food Deserts & The Control of Sustenance – Weaponizing Access to Life’s Basic Necessities
MAMDANI: Food Deserts: The Weaponized Geography of Sustenance
MAMDANI: Food Deserts: The Weaponized Geography of Sustenance – Controlling Access to Life’s Basic Necessity
MAMDANI: The Exploitation of Incarcerated Labor
MAMDANI: The Exploitation of Incarcerated Labor – The Prison as a Plantation
The Crisis of Public Distrust in Media
The Crisis of Public Distrust in Media – The Settler Narrative and the Silencing of Dissent
MAMDANI: Aging Population: The Abandonment of the “Useless” Native
MAMDANI: Aging Population: The Abandonment of the “Useless” Native – Capitalism’s Discardment of the Non-Productive
MAMDANI: The Battle over Bike Lanes
MAMDANI: The Battle over Bike Lanes – Street Space as a Contested Colonial Frontier
MAMDANI: Affordable Higher Education: The Re-commodification of CUNY
MAMDANI: Affordable Higher Education: The Re-commodification of CUNY – From Public Good to Indentured Servitude
Eric Swalwell Quits Congress
Eric Swalwell Quits Congress After Five Women Accuse Him of Sexual Assault California Rep. Eric Swalwell resigned from Congress on Tuesday. Five women have accused him of rape or sexual…
The Stagnation of Public Pools
The Stagnation of Public Pools – The Managed Austerity of Collective Joy
MAMDANI: LGBTQ+ Youth Homelessness: The Rejection of the “Non-Conforming” Native
MAMDANI: LGBTQ+ Youth Homelessness: The Rejection of the “Non-Conforming” Native – Patriarchy and the Crisis of Social Reproduction