Latino
THE OTHER CLINTON CAMPAIGN
Amanda Bell |
An organizing drive at the city’s Clinton welfare center hopes to change some caseworkers’ bad habits.
Latino
Eight Lessons We Can Learn From LA, Part Two
City Limits |
Palm trees, surf and endless summers aren’t the only reasons to envy La-La Land. Some of its urban policies aren’t bad, either. From a thriving manufacturing sector to a living-wage law and a child welfare system that focuses on keeping families together, Angelenos are doing quite a few things right.
Latino
City Lit: The Serving Poor
Gina Neff |
A book review of No Shame in My Game, by Katherine S. Newman, Knopf and The Russell Sage Foundation, 1999, 400 pages, $27.95.
David Dinkins
Eight Lessons We Can Learn From LA, Part One
City Limits |
Palm trees, surf and endless summers aren’t the only reasons to envy La-La Land. Some of its urban policies aren’t bad, either. From a thriving manufacturing sector to a living-wage law and a child welfare system that focuses on keeping families together, Angelenos are doing quite a few things right.
Latino
Race Politics
James Bradley |
A feud between a congresswoman and an assemblyman is a sign of politics to come, as an unusually charged Civil Court judge race has Brooklyn’s major players jockeying for position.
Latino
LEAD ASTRAY
Kemba Johnson |
Council Speaker Peter Vallone and landlord allies keep revising their new lead paint bill. Tenant activists doubt they’ll like whatever is in the final draft.
Bronx
Response Time
City Limits |
Five activists probe the city’s reaction to the Amadou Diallo shooting, from the politics behind the protests to the future of organizing. Has New York witnessed the spark of a lasting movement, or just a shooting star?
Staten Island
Hostile Territory
Jonathan Bowles |
Just when an economic resurgence is refueling Williamsburg manufacturing, new rivals prevent its expansion–by living in lofts instead of working in lofts.
Staten Island
Split Decision
Ezequiel Minaya |
Immigrant groups that have used school boards as a portal into politics were relieved when the feds shot down a plan to dismantle the current election system. But confusion about what to do next could through the May vote into chaos.
