Labor, Unions and AI

By the time Land Stevens reached the podium in Foley Square on a gray Tuesday morning, some three hundred thousand blue-collar New Yorkers had gathered beneath a low ceiling of...Read More “Independent Workers’ Party Brings 20-Hour Workweek” »

Verdant leaves fan out from an organic landscape built into the lobby wall—something between a terrarium and a living mural. Soothing music moves between speakers, melodic tones melding with the...Read More “The Long Goodbye” »

Still slim at 83, Barack Obama stands a bit stooped, hair and beard white, eyes alert. He’s in the courtyard of the partially renovated Melrose Houses in the Bronx, sun...Read More “Learning How to Be Human” »

The guards have been picketing since dawn. They circle in front of the Rikers Museum — the ten-year-old institution housed in what was once the most notorious youth detention facility...Read More “Inside the Gates of Hell” »

Riawv B. is 48 years old, and for the past fourteen months, a city-run computer system has been unable to confirm that he exists. His credential kiosk reads Not Displayable....Read More “Not Displayable” »

It’s one of those wondrous New York sunsets—rusty orange clouds toward the west. High above the city, dots glint in the presence of drones. We zoom our glasses in, and...Read More “Tacos Are Flying Through The Air” »

Anticipating protests, the New York Power Authority chose a cold November night—two hours past midnight to be exact, to move the giant barges carrying three new SMR reactors down the...Read More “Making Space For Brooklyn Nuclear” »

Thousands walked away from the Brooklyn Marine Terminal Wind Farm today, abandoning work on the enormous turbines and blades, and pouring into the streets. Joined by hundreds of thousands of...Read More “Undersea Siphoning Sparks Walkouts” »

Nomad Designers Defeat Tech Giants, Forge New Era for Immigrant Creatives The Yesmad Collective, a global network of designers, has beaten back an aggressive financial and legal challenge from Meta,...Read More “Immigrant Designers Fight Back” »

With refugee mega-camps set up beside borders globally, and New York bracing for yet another record-breaking heatwave, the city is now facing the existentially daunting challenge of climate migration head-on....Read More “The New American Dream?” »

In a David vs. Goliath court case, a public housing initiative in New York City has emerged victorious from a legal battle against Amazon Robotics. Project Helping Hands, a resident-led...Read More “Nycha Beats Bezos On Robot Lawsuit” »

Remember when Adams was re-elected for his third term? It was a low point for the city—an era remembered for its rent gouging, casino construction, and abandoned supertall towers. But...Read More “A Teacher’s Tower, Courtesy the City’s Worst Landlord” »