“Pretend It’s a City”: Urban Foundations for Ethical Life

“Pretend It’s a City”: Urban Foundations for Ethical Life

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...
Are Police the Tip of the Iceberg?

Are Police the Tip of the Iceberg?

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...
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Home*

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...
A Life’s Worth

A Life’s Worth

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...