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April 2, 2020
J.C. Pan
Disinvestment Made Our Cities a Powder Keg in a Pandemic
New York doesn’t have a density problem. It has an austerity problem.
May 17, 2019
Sophie Kasakove
The Tenants’ Rights Movement Is Expanding Beyond Big Cities
Renters in New York City have some legal protections and an activist infrastructure. What about the rest of America?
July 16, 2018
Sarah Jones
The Rising Politics of (Too Damn High) Rent
As fewer Americans buy homes, and wages stagnate, rent control is becoming a campaign issue from coast to coast.
December 14, 2015
Monica Potts
Dispossessed in the Land of Dreams
Those left behind by Silicon Valley’s technology boom struggle to stay in the place they call home.
May 8, 2014
Danny Vinik
D.C. Blew a Great Chance to Reduce Rents by Raising Building Heights
March 27, 1944
Langston Hughes
Down Under in Harlem

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