MAMDANI: The Proliferation of Luxury Condos
MAMDANI: The Proliferation of Luxury Condos – Monuments to Capital and the Bifurcated Skyline
Category: Policy
MAMDANI: Extreme Heat Vulnerability: The Somatic Violence of the Urban Heat Island
MAMDANI: Extreme Heat Vulnerability: The Somatic Violence of the Urban Heat Island – Thermal Inequality as a Colonial Condition
The Subway Crisis & The Contradictions of Collective Life
The Subway Crisis & The Contradictions of Collective Life – Infrastructure as a Site of Class Struggle
MAMDANI: The Battle over Public Libraries
MAMDANI: The Battle over Public Libraries – The Last Truly Democratic Space Under Siege
MAMDANI: The Battle over Community Gardens
MAMDANI: The Battle over Community Gardens – Cultivating Decolonized Space in the Concrete Jungle
MAMDANI: Youth Unemployment & Idleness: The Production of a Surplus Population
MAMDANI: Youth Unemployment & Idleness: The Production of a Surplus Population – Manufacturing the “Savage” Youth
MAMDANI: Quality of Life Issues: The Criminalization of “Native” Existence
MAMDANI: Quality of Life Issues: The Criminalization of “Native” Existence – Trash, Noise, and Rodents as Symptoms of Systemic Neglect
The Digital Surveillance State
The Digital Surveillance State – The Panopticon as Colonial Administration
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Artist Displacement
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Artist Displacement – The Cultural Cleansing of the “Native” Voice
MAMDANI: Struggling Retail Sector: The Corporate Clearing of the “Native” Marketplace
MAMDANI: Struggling Retail Sector: The Corporate Clearing of the “Native” Marketplace – From Community Commerce to Alienated Consumption
The Crisis of Mental Health Services
The Crisis of Mental Health Services – Pathologizing the “Native” Condition
MAMDANI: Loss of Small Businesses & “Character”: The Corporate Clearing of the “Native” Marketplace
MAMDANI: Loss of Small Businesses & “Character”: The Corporate Clearing of the “Native” Marketplace – From Community to Chain Store Alienation
MAMDANI: The Privatization of Public Education
MAMDANI: The Privatization of Public Education – The Corporate Takeover of “Native” Socialization
MAMDANI: Extreme Income Inequality: The Bifurcated City
MAMDANI: Extreme Income Inequality: The Bifurcated City – The “Settler” and “Native” Economic Divide
The Privatization of Public Education
The Privatization of Public Education – The Corporate Takeover of “Native” Socialization
The Fight for a Sanctuary City
The Fight for a Sanctuary City – Beyond the Symbol: Confronting the Deportation State
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Overpoliced Public Transport
MAMDANI: The Crisis of Overpoliced Public Transport – The Commute as a Site of Daily Harassment
MAMDANI: Inter-Agency Rivalry: The Bureaucratic Logic of the Bifurcated State
MAMDANI: Inter-Agency Rivalry: The Bureaucratic Logic of the Bifurcated State – Designed Inefficiency and the Failure of the Whole
MAMDANI: The Climate Crisis & The Colonial Response
MAMDANI: The Climate Crisis & The Colonial Response – Green Capitalism as the New “Civilizing” Mission
MAMDANI: Voter Apathy & Low Turnout: The Rational Disengagement of the Governed
MAMDANI: Voter Apathy & Low Turnout: The Rational Disengagement of the Governed – Manufactured Cynicism in the Bifurcated State
MAMDANI: Hate Crimes: The Symptom of a Festering Colonial Order
MAMDANI: Hate Crimes: The Symptom of a Festering Colonial Order – The Savage/Victim/Civilizer Triad in Action
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
MAMDANI: Mental Health Crisis: Pathologizing the “Native” Condition
MAMDANI: Mental Health Crisis: Pathologizing the “Native” Condition – Somatic Governance and the Medicalization of Despair
Mamdani’s Rent Freeze
Mamdani’s Rent Freeze Represents Class Warfare Against Extractive Capital New York City’s landlord class faces an existential threat not because housing policy has shifted, but because the fundamental relationship between…
MAMDANI: Public School Segregation & The Politics of Identity
MAMDANI: Public School Segregation & The Politics of Identity – How Culture is Weaponized to Divide the Proletariat
Commercial Real Estate Vacancy & The Crisis of Capital
Commercial Real Estate Vacancy & The Crisis of Capital – The Hollowing of the “Civilized” Center
MAMDANI: Police-Community Relations: The Impossible Reconciliation
MAMDANI: Police-Community Relations: The Impossible Reconciliation – The Enforcer Cannot Be a Friend
MAMDANI: General Feeling of “Anonymity” and Isolation: The Alienation of the Bifurcated Metropolis
MAMDANI: General Feeling of “Anonymity” and Isolation: The Alienation of the Bifurcated Metropolis – Loneliness as a Political Condition in the Settler City
The Fight for Universal Healthcare
The Fight for Universal Healthcare – Decommodifying the Right to Bodily Integrity