- April 21, 2014 | Features
- New York State Has the Most-Segregated Schools in the Nation
Park Slope Collegiate was determined not to be one of them.
- May 3, 2010 | Features
- The Patron Saint (and Scourge) of Lost Schools
Eva Moskowitz, the controversial leader of the fastest-growing charter network in the city, wants to save New York public education by, in a sense, destroying it.
- June 1, 2009 | Features
- Five-Year-Olds at the Gate
Why are Manhattan's elementary schools turning away kindergartners? How the Bloomberg administration missed the baby boom it helped create.
- October 12, 2009 | Intelligencer
- Precedents
Sotomayor’s original intent.
- December 8, 2008 | Features
- Hiding in Plain Sight
For an undocumented family, life in a sanctuary city is feeling less safe all the time.
- October 27, 2008 |
- Empty Cab Theory
A Wall Street driver and the trickle-down of misfortune.
- April 14, 2008 |
- Absolutely, Positively the Worst Team in the History of Professional Sports
A eulogy for Isiah Thomas's New York Knickerbockers.
- November 19, 2007 | Features
- How Race Is Lived in America
Pioneering Times managing editor Gerald Boyd, in spite of his efforts to live a color-blind life, was shaped by race: It lifted him, proved the subject of a journalistic triumph, and eventually destroyed his career.
- May 7, 2007 | Features
- NEST+m: An Allegory
The “Stuyvesant of the East” has become one of the most sought-after public schools in the city. It got that way by leaving much of the public out.
- April 25, 2005 | Feature
- The Tipping of Jefferson Avenue
On a single street, brownstone by brownstone, gentrification and race are colliding, making Bed-Stuy locals wonder what kind of block will be left when it all shakes out.