Latest podcast episode! Shane Epting on finding meaning in the city! https://philosophy.nyc/the-gps-podcast/meaning-in-the-city-shane-epting-on-urban-existentialism/ Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new...
By Sharon M. Meagher, Ph.D., Marymount Manhattan College Since the pandemic, I have found myself doing two things that I rarely if ever did in the “before time”: a) regularly binge-watching TV (no time before!) and b) crossing the street or stepping into the curb to...
By Sharon M. Meagher, Ph.D., Marymount Manhattan College I joined a multidisciplinary global network of researchers, The Global Pandemic Network and recently participated in its webinar and launch of working groups on “COVID-19 and Cities, Building Resilience on...
By John Kleinig In a recent Guardian op-ed, Brooklyn College’s Alex Vitale repeats his long-term frustration with police, which culminated in his 2017 book, The End of Policing: police should be defunded, not reformed. In a number of respects, his exasperation is...
Image: Pencil and ink sketch by the article author of a NYC bedroom referencing the original photo of Patricia O’Grady’s room. (* This essay is the second in the series ‘Precarious Lives’ presented by the author. It was written the month before the...
By Joseph S. Biehl What makes a life worth living? Or, what might seem a more pertinent question under the current circumstances, what makes a life worth saving? As the city, the nation, and the world struggle to find ways to mitigate the toll of the Covid-19...
