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2006
How Harlem Eats Mark Winston Griffith | Urban restaurateurs, activists and consumers are seeking "food justice," insisting that healthy food shouldn't be a privilege for the wealthy and white. September 11, 2006 issue Jane Jacobs's Genius Roberta Brandes Gratz & Stephen A. Goldsmith | A tribute to Jane Jacobs's extraordinary vision of urban life and her passionate care for people and places. May 15, 2006 (web)		The Geography of Fear Thomas J. Sugrue | Three new books explore how an absence of regulation and active policies of racial exclusion have shaped America's arid suburbs. February 27, 2006 issue

2005
Beyond Shelters Michael Tisserand | Advocacy groups like ACORN want New Orleanians to play a role in the rebuilding of the community they had to leave. The biggest issue so far: getting refugees of the storm back home. November 7, 2005 issue Bohemia's Last Frontier Curtis Wilkie | New Orleans, a city full of idiosyncrasies, must be restored for the benefit of the nation as a whole. October 3, 2005 issue The View From Lott's Porch Patricia J. Williams | Some storm victims evacuated from New Orleans were "sorted" by age, race or gender. Is breaking up families and prioritizing by race any way to deal with disaster? September 26, 2005 issue The Big Easy Dies Hard Christian Parenti | At first glance New Orleans looks like a cross between a giant conceptual art installation or the set of a cold war disaster movie. September 26, 2005 issue Looting the Black Poor Earl Ofari Hutchinson | New Orleans is the classic tale of two cities: one showy, middle-class and white; the other poor, downtrodden and low-income black. September 26, 2005 issue		Can a City Be Progressive? Peter Dreier | An effective progressive movement must start in cities. July 4, 2005 (web) Cities: The Vital Core Joel Rogers | Urban centers are by their nature spawning grounds of progressive politics. June 20, 2005 issue Progressive City Leaders John Nichols | Some progressive municipal officials have jumped beyond the boundaries of their communities to address state and national issues. June 20, 2005 issue Urban Archipelago John Nichols | Progressive cities in a conservative sea. June 20, 2005 issue Everyday Struggle: A Conversation with Hip-Hop Historian Jeff Chang Mark Hatch-Miller | A talk with hip-hop historian Jeff Chang. March 14, 2005 (web)

2004
When Red Meets Blue Ari Berman | A bipartisan dialogue in this election year? In New York City? During the Republican convention?! September 20, 2004 (web) Poverty in the Suburbs Peter Dreier September 20, 2004 issue What Are They Reading? Ben Adler August 16, 2004 (web)		Minimum Security Bobbi Murray | Seeing the limits of living-wage laws, activists seek a raise for all workers. July 12, 2004 issue Bourgeois Dystopias Eric Klinenberg June 28, 2004 issue

2003
What Are They Reading? Kathryn Lewis October 13, 2003 (web)

2002
Apocalypse Now? Jane Holtz Kay January 6, 2003 issue

2001
Homeless in San José Gabe Thompson August 20, 2001 issue 'Violence' in Cincinnati Thomas A. Dutton June 18, 2001 issue Villaraigosa's Hot in Los Angeles Marc Cooper June 4, 2001 issue		Those Big Town Blues Doug Ireland June 4, 2001 issue Leading Los Angeles Marc Cooper April 16, 2001 issue

2000
Miss Waldron Regrets Patricia J. Williams October 2, 2000 issue		Little House in the 'Hood Patricia J. Williams June 19, 2000 issue

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