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

The Chicago Transit Authority should have trimmed and modernized its services to meet the needs of a work-from-home era....
12/02/2025

The Chicago Transit Authority should have trimmed and modernized its services to meet the needs of a work-from-home era. Instead, it wants to use new funds to further existing bloat. Read more from Judge G***k:

Declining ridership shouldn't be rewarded with more taxpayer dollars.

The National Education Association should stop teaching its members to sneak around parents, erase biological reality, a...
12/02/2025

The National Education Association should stop teaching its members to sneak around parents, erase biological reality, and divide people by skin color, Wai Wah Chin writes.

The nation's largest teachers' union is hosting a training session that features pronoun-use instructions and "oppression" flowcharts.

Yes, the Somali fraud story is about a criminal enterprise, but it runs deeper than that. The story has touched a nerve ...
12/02/2025

Yes, the Somali fraud story is about a criminal enterprise, but it runs deeper than that. The story has touched a nerve because it busts liberal myths about immigration, anti-racism, and the welfare state, Christopher F. Rufo writes.

Mass immigration, antiracism, and the welfare state lead inexorably to fraud.

12/02/2025

Progressives worked for decades to establish “Hispanic” as a distinct ethic category, hoping Latin American immigrants and their descendants would sympathize with radical pro–illegal immigration policies, such as sanctuary cities that protect criminals. But the opposite is increasingly true, Daniel Di Martino writes.

Latin American immigrants and their descendants are assimilating to the majority culture.

Many education debates focus on relaxing discipline as a way to keep kids out of the justice system. But a new study fin...
12/02/2025

Many education debates focus on relaxing discipline as a way to keep kids out of the justice system. But a new study finds that receiving a failing accountability rating—and the reform pressure that then results—can reduce the share of students who get arrested as young adults. Read more from Neetu Arnold:

A new study shows that public school performance ratings encourage reforms that benefit students and parents.

“In Portland, the far Left holds the votes, the money, and the bureaucracy. Its campaign coffers overflow with union dol...
12/01/2025

“In Portland, the far Left holds the votes, the money, and the bureaucracy. Its campaign coffers overflow with union dollars and out-of-state donations. It coordinates as a caucus, mocks its colleagues in group chats, and moves as a bloc.” Read more from Harrison Kass:

The New York Times mistakes the establishment for upstarts.

The Democratic Party is in no danger of losing the black vote outright to Republicans anytime soon, but Trump’s politica...
12/01/2025

The Democratic Party is in no danger of losing the black vote outright to Republicans anytime soon, but Trump’s political success is evidence that Democrats can no longer count on black voters to back the Democratic candidate reflexively on Election Day. Read more from Jason L. Riley:

Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians are leaving the Democratic Party. Whether the shift endures remains to be seen.

Visitors to Central Park today dodge e-bikes, delivery vehicles, and pedicabs at every turn. And it could soon get worse...
12/01/2025

Visitors to Central Park today dodge e-bikes, delivery vehicles, and pedicabs at every turn. And it could soon get worse, thanks to a new proposal to allow e-bikes inside the park permanently, remove routinely ignored traffic signals, and redesign the park drive into an e-vehicle and delivery-bike superhighway. Read more from Yael Bar Tur:

Inside the park's transformation from an urban oasis into an e-vehicle superhighway

Crime occurs not from deprivation but from the absence of forces that restrain it—forces that have been disrupted by the...
12/01/2025

Crime occurs not from deprivation but from the absence of forces that restrain it—forces that have been disrupted by the legal and cultural war that the nation has waged against them for decades. Read more from Charles Fain Lehman:

His classic study demonstrated how community order keeps us safe.

On immigration, Trump and Mamdani both have legal and tactical tools at their disposal to thwart the other’s agenda. Rea...
11/29/2025

On immigration, Trump and Mamdani both have legal and tactical tools at their disposal to thwart the other’s agenda. Read more from Santiago Vidal Calvo:

Both Washington and Gotham have tools to frustrate the other's agenda.

Pullman dining cars, telegrams, universal military service—this is the world former Notre Dame football coach Frank Leah...
11/29/2025

Pullman dining cars, telegrams, universal military service—this is the world former Notre Dame football coach Frank Leahy knew. It must have seemed terribly modern to those who lived in it. Read Jonathan Clarke’s review of Ivan Maisel’s new biography:

Ivan Maisel's American Coach chronicles the life of the Notre Dame coach.

While Indian Americans have historically viewed the Democratic Party more favorably, their belief in meritocracy, free m...
11/29/2025

While Indian Americans have historically viewed the Democratic Party more favorably, their belief in meritocracy, free markets, and the American Dream aligns them with the GOP. Read more from Renu Mukherjee:

A demographic still predominantly Democratic is showing movement toward the GOP—but weighing its choices carefully.

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