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California: The State of Resistance
Kevork Djansezian/Getty ImagesCalifornia governor-elect Gavin Newsom on election night, Los Angeles, November 2018 1. A kindling sense of apocalypse is business as usual for Californians, who live...
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To the Editors: In the article “California: The State of Resistance” [NYR, January 17], Michael Greenberg wrote, “I was surprised to see virtually no new construction in Berkeley.” I don’t know where...
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Farmworker Anxieties
Matt Black/Magnum PhotosFarm laborers on their way to work, Fresno, California, 2004 To the Editors: Michael Greenberg’s essay “In the Valley of Fear” [NYR, December 6, 2018] captures the overwhelming...
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A Historic Win for New York Tenants
Hans Pennink/AP PhotoActivists with the Upstate Downstate Housing Alliance occupying the capitol to demand legislators pass a “universal rent control” bill to strengthen tenants’ rights, Albany, New...
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Pandemic Journal, March 23–29
John Nacion/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesA medical worker crossing the street against the backdrop of a “thank you” sign behind near Elmhurst Hospital Center, Queens, New York City, March 27, 2020 This...
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Emergency Responder
Andrew Cuomo; drawing by Tom Bachtell When the first cases of Covid-19 in Wuhan became known, some New Yorkers may have foreseen the catastrophe that was to crash upon us, but few could have predicted...
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To the Editors: Michael Greenberg’s take on Andrew Cuomo’s political sleight of hand during the Covid pandemic, as well as the governor’s leadership failures and achievements [“Emergency Responder,”...
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People who have lived under the rule of a charismatic autocrat—caudillo may be the most precise word—have no trouble recognizing the nature of Donald Trump’s grip on America’s psyche. A talented...
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Janet Malcolm (1934–2021)
Janet Malcolm, New York City, 1984 The writer whom Janet Malcolm loved most was Chekhov, and one of her great strokes was to bring his spirit to her reporting—the small, telling gesture that burned a...
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New York After Cuomo
Governor Andrew Cuomo after announcing his resignation, New York City, August 10, 2021 The word “moderate” may not apply to Andrew Cuomo’s intemperate personality, ham-fisted confidence, and occasional...
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