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August 16, 2024
The Harris Campaign’s Foolish Down-Payment-Assistance Scheme
…report aptly titled “External Effects of Concentrated Mortgage Foreclosures,” found that “high-exposure neighborhoods tend to have a greater proportion of black and Hispanic residents, lower median incomes, lower median sales…
May 14, 2024
Biden Can Follow FDR and Dump His VP
Almost exactly 80 years ago, a Democratic leader from the Bronx huddled privately with President Franklin D. Roosevelt. As told in the powerful new book by historian David Roll, “Ascent…
May 4, 2024
Make Parents Pay for Kids Who Miss School To Curb Chronic School Absenteeism
…enrollment by 25%” per the National Bureau of Economic Research. Learnfare is the law today in liberal Massachusetts, which shows that such an approach does not have to be draconian. Chronic…
April 30, 2024
I’m a Conservative But Defunding NPR Is a Mistake. What Should Happen Instead Might Be Surprising
…be the vehicle for voices from across the country – Christian conservatives as well as progressives, local elected officials as well as Rep. Adam Schiff—engaged in the issues affecting their…
April 22, 2024
John Silber, the Campuses Have Need of You
…on the West Bank. It singles out Caterpillar for selling equipment to Israel said to be used to demolish Palestinian homes; disable water, sanitation, and hygiene infrastructure; destroy or uproot…
April 3, 2024
The Fearless Fund, DEI, and Attacks on Philanthropic Freedom
…its Fearless Foundation, is racially discriminatory because provides $20,000 prizes exclusively to Black women entrepreneurs. Just as it sued on behalf of Asian students in the Students for Fair Admissions vs….
March 21, 2024
It’s Not Just Minority Neighborhoods—NYC’s Entire Property-Tax System Needs Reform
…if they’re rental properties. Small rental buildings in The Bronx are valued more highly than those in Brooklyn. Median assessed home values in Manhattan are lower than those in the…
February 23, 2024
After Milton’s MBTA Housing Defeat, The Way Forward Is With Persuasion, Not Mandates
…Morever, this should not be framed in racial terms: 16 percent of Milton’s residents are Black, and 15 percent are Asian American, Latino, or multiracial. There’s another way to get residents…
February 6, 2024
NYCHA Corruption Means It’s Time To Privatize
…lied about a vital public-health matter — conducting lead-paint inspections of apartments — we learn NYCHA supervisors solicited bribes in exchange for no-bid repair contracts. US Attorney Damian Williams charged 70 NYCHA…
December 19, 2023
Sins of Omission: Public Broadcasting Fails to Reach a Broad Cross-Section of America
…a Christian school in Nashville whose campus is alcohol-free and specializes in preparing graduates to work in the music industry. The Nashville university also requires study of Shakespeare, the Greeks and the…