Why current efforts to combat homelessness are failing

(NY Daily News, 11/18/13)

In the nation's most populous city, Wall Street is thriving while homelessness has reached record levels. That's because the problem is misunderstood. (MORE)

It's not the 1990s anymore

(NY Daily News, 9/15/13)

In a profoundly, demographically changed country, political many campaigns based on fear and race-based appeals just won't work like they used to. (MORE)

Why Bloomberg snapped: The real reason he must hate de Blasio

(Salon, 9/10/13)

For years, the billionaire mayor's political power and cash helped prevent a sustained attack on his legacy. This time he's powerless. (MORE)

How the NRA got what it wanted

(Salon, 4/13/13)

We mocked it. But it stood strong, shifted the guns debate and won itself a sweet deal. Now who's laughing?  (MORE)

Andrew Cuomo's true motivations

(BuzzFeed, 1/16/13)

The New York governor's 2016 primary strategy: Score "progressive" points through cultural issues, while abandoning economic justice concerns. (MORE)

The Republican who might have beaten Obama

(Capital, 11/8/12)

Imagine if, instead of a candidate who bowed to the current conservative orthodoxy, the Republicans selected a different kind of nominee. (MORE)

If Obama doesn't work to win a Democratic congress, he'll regret it

(NY Daily News, 10/3/12)

The good news for the President is polls show he’s poised to be reelected. The bad news: So are congressional Republicans. Which means a second term could be brutal. (MORE)