Aaron M. Renn is a contributing editor of City Journal, and an economic development columnist for Governing magazine. He focuses on ways to help America’s cities thrive in an ever more complex, ...

The median state’s share of sex offenders among its unsheltered population was 20 percent—higher than the proportions of ...

The first descriptor I attached to Donald Trump, back when he took the lead in the race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, was “empty vessel.” He was never that. More recent epithets I ...

Rafael Mangual is the Nick Ohnell Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a contributing editor of City Journal, and a member of the Council on Criminal Justice. His first book, Criminal (In)Justice, was ...

Founding Partner and Managing Director, Susquehanna International Group [email protected] ...

Christopher F. Rufo is a senior fellow and director of the initiative on critical race theory at the Manhattan Institute. He is also a contributing editor of City Journal, where his writing explores a ...

Brian C. Anderson is the editor of City Journal, the cultural and political quarterly published by the Manhattan Institute. He also serves as host of City Journal’s “10 Blocks” podcast, delving into ...

Alex Armlovich writes primarily on urban issues, such as housing, transportation, and infrastructure. He is the author of MI’s Poverty and Progress in New York series, which benchmarks quality-of-life ...

Jessica Riedl (formerly Brian Riedl) is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, focusing on budget, tax, and economic policy. Previously, she worked for six years as chief economist to Senator Rob ...

In early April, the Houston Independent School District announced the details of its merit-pay system, which will launch during the 2026–2027 school year. Spearheaded by reform-minded superintendent ...

The Trump administration is trying to fix what ails American universities by freezing billions of dollars in pledged research ...