This time of year is all about believing—in miracles involving Maccabees or mangers, or the birth of a prophet, or just humankind’s ability to find light amid winter’s darkness. On this Giving Tuesday, people put their bucks where their beliefs are.

We think that you, like us, believe a better New York is possible … that a more informed democracy will get us there … and that a news agency dedicated to deep reporting on  issues and neighborhoods is an indispensable tool to build the New York we know can exist.

If that’s what you believe, give a gift to the five boroughs and support City Limits.

Since 1976, City Limits has been dedicated to in-depth reporting on neighborhoods and issues that the mainstream media can’t or won’t cover very often. This mission is reflected in the stories we’ve published just since July, when we became independent again after five years of stewardship by the Community Service Society of New York. An investigation of teacher turnover in charter schools. A check-in on the Obama administration’s once grand anti-poverty plans. A probe of alleged abuse by guards at the city’s homeless shelters.

These stories aren’t easy to do, and they aren’t free. We need your support to keep producing them and reaching an even larger audience. Please stand up for the New York City you believe in and support us today.