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America’s Squatting Crisis

Wai Wah Chin Restoring the American Dream for Small Property Owners

New York must reevaluate its housing laws and policies.

Jul 25 2024
Charles Blain Texas Squatters Have Rights—For Now

State legislators are looking for ways to speed evictions and deter illegal occupancies.

Jul 15 2024
Judge Glock California v. Landlords

Between squatters and rent control, Golden State property owners are under siege.

Jun 30 2024
John Ketcham New York’s Housing Hell

Instead of punishing landlords with inefficiency and uncertainty, housing courts should provide for a fair, predictable, and timely eviction process.

Jun 25 2024

From City Journal’s Symposium Series

Fighting the Oldest Hate

A symposium on anti-Semitism in the United States

Symposium: An Economic Agenda for the Next President

Proposals to reinvigorate American dynamism, innovation, and self-sufficiency

Symposium: A New Anticrime Agenda

Proposals for reversing America’s criminal-justice decline

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The Spotlight

Willis L. Krumholz Standing Down

Progressive politicians watch as Minneapolis burns.

May 29 2020
Heather Mac Donald Darkness Falls

The collapse of the rule of law across the country, intensified by Antifa radicals, is terrifying.

May 31 2020
Scott W. Johnson Minnesota Madness

The failure of the state’s leadership means recovery is a long way off in Minneapolis.

Jul 03 2020
Martin Gurri Everything Magnified

Why were the protests and riots of 2020 so explosive?

Christopher F. Rufo The Real Story Behind Drag Queen Story Hour

Aimed at children, the phenomenon is far more subversive than its defenders claim.

Geoff Shullenberger Twilight of the Idols

The new iconoclasm has deep roots.

Michael Shellenberger America’s Shadow Self

Ruinous policies have transformed California from a symbol of progress to a cautionary tale for the nation.

Stephen Eide The American Party System: A Lament

Progressives’ effort to weaken parties has harmed our democracy.

Heather Mac Donald California’s Looming Crime Catastrophe

Recent legislation makes it easier for felons to claim racial bias—potentially putting them back on the streets in large numbers.

Rafael A. Mangual Soft on Crime

A Biden administration policy of weak policing and lax prosecution would be a disaster for the nation’s cities.

Malcom Kyeyune Wokeness, the Highest Stage of Managerialism

Well-educated progressives wield institutional power to impose a new political and social order.

Martin Gurri The Identity Cult

On the mass conversion of our institutions