Brooklyn, Everywhere
A native Brooklynite ponders the many meanings of gentrification and what we lose in our relentless pursuit of “the American dream.” Sign up for the newsletter here.
A native Brooklynite ponders the many meanings of gentrification and what we lose in our relentless pursuit of “the American dream.” Sign up for the newsletter here.
The removal of a street sign in Brooklyn reveals how history gets erased.
How to stay yourself when everything around you changes
The publishing and media industries have come to epitomize how corporate America has lost the plot.
App-supplied gig workers are supposed to save us time. What they actually provide is a false sense of control.
Americans love skewering the ultrarich. Why do we lack the political will to actually challenge them?
Across arts and culture, Latinos are suddenly claiming space in droves—and on our own terms.
Is the binary of “college or failure” preventing young people from living happier lives?
Americans want to be saved, not be the ones called upon to do the saving.
The strange questions one-man rule raises for Twitter users
How relationships have guided me through dark times
The film’s eponymous protagonist, and her downfall, is a cautionary tale of parity with men.
Nury Martinez shows that Latinos’ racism can still reaffirm white supremacy.
Telling under-told stories is still an exhausting duty—and frustrating risk—in Hollywood.
How a Spanish idiom perfectly encapsulates the U.S.’s relationship with Puerto Rico, especially in the wake of Hurricane Fiona
How a cynical act of political theater underscored an enduring hypocrisy
Language—even its loss—is part of what “makes” Latinos, Latino.
A woman’s social club showed what can go wrong when great conceits meet hypercapitalism.
Some great Brooklyn books to take you through the end of the summer
It’s the one thing New Yorkers can agree on
Would we defend ‘The Satanic Verses’ if it were published today?