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A quarterly magazine of urban affairs, published by the Manhattan Institute, edited by Brian C.

The 1970 "hard hat riot" remains relevant as a lesson in the failures of elite liberalism. Liberal political action ofte...
10/03/2025

The 1970 "hard hat riot" remains relevant as a lesson in the failures of elite liberalism. Liberal political action often falters when its supporters engage in cultural warfare that alienates ordinary Americans. Read Vincent J. Cannato’s review of a new American Experience documentary on the event.

A new documentary revisits an infamous showdown in 1970s New York, with a lesson for today's liberals.

As Brian Patrick Eha writes, Budapest is a lousy summer travel destination in numerous respects—the heat, the flies, the...
10/03/2025

As Brian Patrick Eha writes, Budapest is a lousy summer travel destination in numerous respects—the heat, the flies, the unfriendliness. So why go? Because of its many splendors.

Notes on a summer visit to the Hungarian capital

Every AI data center that goes up means fewer workers available to build what many policymakers see as equal or higher p...
10/03/2025

Every AI data center that goes up means fewer workers available to build what many policymakers see as equal or higher priorities: reshoring factories, mines, shipyards, repairing roads and bridges, and new homes, Mark P. Mills writes.

How did the world of bits and bytes become the second-largest source of demand for construction workers, trailing only residential housing?

10/03/2025

Mississippi has just declared a public health emergency involving an alarming rise in infant mortality rates. Public officials don’t seem to be paying enough attention to one of the most significant causes—maternal drug use.

The connection seems clear. Why are public health officials reluctant to talk about it?

We’ve had enough experimenting, Jakob Dupuis writes. It’s time to return to what we know works for reducing crime: incap...
10/02/2025

We’ve had enough experimenting, Jakob Dupuis writes. It’s time to return to what we know works for reducing crime: incapacitating repeat offenders.

Incapacitating them reduces crime.

Both parties have inflated a modest change into a shutdown fight. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act only nicks at the margi...
10/02/2025

Both parties have inflated a modest change into a shutdown fight. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act only nicks at the margins of federal health-care financing for illegal immigrants while leaving the bulk of back-door subsidies intact. Chris Pope explains:

Health care for illegal immigrants is neither as costly as Republicans suggest nor as financially negligible as Democrats contend.

Though Ro Khanna distanced himself from the event, his appearance at ArabCon, where panelists peddled pro-terror apologe...
10/02/2025

Though Ro Khanna distanced himself from the event, his appearance at ArabCon, where panelists peddled pro-terror apologetics, raises questions about Democrats’ appetite for reining in their extremist wing. Read more from Stu Smith:

The congressman's appearance at the recently held ArabCon event raises questions about Democrats' appetite for reining in their extremist wing.

Vanderbilt University chancellor Daniel Diermeier has long been a champion of political neutrality and has stood firm wh...
10/02/2025

Vanderbilt University chancellor Daniel Diermeier has long been a champion of political neutrality and has stood firm when students, faculty, or staff violate academic norms. Read Neetu Arnold’s conversation with him:

Amid controversy in higher ed, Daniel Diermeier steers a different course.

America has seen a disturbing trend of people targeting and killing cops. If left unabated, the effects could be devasta...
10/02/2025

America has seen a disturbing trend of people targeting and killing cops. If left unabated, the effects could be devastating—to police and to the country, Thomas Hogan writes.

America has seen a trend of attacks on law enforcement.

New York City’s timeline for containerizing its growing trash problem reflects how city government depends on mayoral ov...
10/02/2025

New York City’s timeline for containerizing its growing trash problem reflects how city government depends on mayoral oversight to coordinate among competing agency interests, Josh Appel writes.

Mayor Eric Adams and his successor can help get the containerization effort back on track.

“When you’re poor, survival is the highest priority. You either make decisions that ignore the long term so you can make...
10/01/2025

“When you’re poor, survival is the highest priority. You either make decisions that ignore the long term so you can make it to the next paycheck, or being in survival mode shuts down your ability to handle immediate problems intelligently.” Read Ed Latimore poignant essay.

Tackling poverty requires more than just boosting bank balances.

Rather than encourage tit-for-tat censorship, Congress should pass a Free Speech Restoration Act, which would prevent th...
10/01/2025

Rather than encourage tit-for-tat censorship, Congress should pass a Free Speech Restoration Act, which would prevent the FCC from pulling broadcasters’ licenses based on the speech content in their programming, Joe Kane writes.

Congress should pass a Free Speech Restoration Act.

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