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What Can Mayor Mamdani Actually Do?
Unconstrained by the governor or city council, quite a lot.
November 5, 2025
Maya Sulkin and Tanner Nau

The Taboo That Killed Iryna Zarutska
A young woman fled war for a better life. She wound up in an America where we have abandoned public spaces to the most disordered and depraved.
September 9, 2025
Kat Rosenfield

A Woman Was Stabbed to Death on a Train. Wikipedia Wants to Erase Her Story.
A Ukrainian woman was stabbed to death by a serial criminal. Those facts are too much for some of the online encyclopedia’s editors to bear.
September 8, 2025
Ashley Rindsberg

Free Buses Are a Recipe for Disaster
Zohran Mamdani is promising to eliminate bus fares. Five years ago, Kansas City did just that. You’ll never guess what happened next.
September 3, 2025
Charles Lane

Everything You Want To Know About the Air Travel Mess . . .
…but are afraid to ask.
May 18, 2025
James Fallows

America’s Air-Traffic Control System Is an International Disgrace
A cumbersome federal bureaucracy oversees the safety of our skies. Can it be reformed?
February 7, 2025
John Tierney
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