Master of the City
The Politic explores how Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. ruled New Haven for the last two decades
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Rust Belt Renaissance: The Future American City
Faced with deindustrialization and demographic decline, Rust Belt cities looking to reverse their fortunes need look no further than Pittsburgh.
An Interview with John Dos Passos Coggin
The Politic speaks with John Dos Passos Coggin, who wrote a book on Florida politician Lawton Chiles
The Patriarch: Interview with David Nasaw
Author and professor David Nasaw shares his thoughts on his new book and on the patriarch of one of America’s most famous political families.
An Interview with Joseph Lieberman
Joe Lieberman is the senior Senator from Connecticut and was the vice presidential candidate for the Democratic Party in the 2000 election. As Senator, Lieberman introduced the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010 and played an important role…
A Pacific Railroad Act for the 21st Century
“BY its legislation to finance the war, emancipate the slave, and invest public land in future growth,” wrote Civil War historian James McPherson, “the 37th Congress did more than any other in history to change the course of national life.”…
A Conversation Over Inequality
I asked two friends to read a recent article in Foreign Affairs on the relationship between income inequality and American decline. You can find the piece by George Packer here at http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/136402/george-packer/the-broken-contract You might also appreciate the back and forth…
An Interview with Prof. Michael Mandelbaum
Professor Michael Mandelbaum is the Director of the American Foreign Policy program at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of The Case For Goliath: How America Acts As The World’s Government in the Twenty-first Century. He graduated from Yale…
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