President Trump on Monday announced plans to use the National Guard to crack down on crime in Washington, D.C. He also spoke ...

“Right here in New York City they passed a rent control law which is going to create the abandonment of apartments because now if somebody wants to repair, the owner, wants to fix up the ...

By the end of the 18th century, New York City's population had grown exponentially with thousands of immigrants looking for a better life in America. Many ended up settling down in the Big Apple and ...

The Danish-born carpenter Jacob Riis (1849-1914) migrated to the US in 1870. He started his career as a journalist in 1873 as a police reporter, only three years after he arrived in New York ...

In America, the word "poverty" is often associated with urban slums — poor, dangerous neighborhoods in big cities such as New York and Chicago. But in the past decade, according to a Brookings ...

Unfortunately, the next transformation, like the ones before it, will leave some places diminished. About 25 years ago, Escape From New York perfectly captured the zeitgeist of its moment.

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