Daniel Hertz - In These Times

Daniel Hertz is a senior fellow at City Observatory, an urban public policy think tank.

Expanding Housing Assistance to the Poor and Middle Class Is Actually Easier Than You Think

We'd just have to take away subsidies to people who are rich enough not to need them.

Remembering—and Forgetting—the Lessons of Chicago’s 1995 Heat Wave

The reissue of sociologist Eric Klinenberg's classic book on the deadly heat wave should remind us that such disasters are anything but natural.

In Flint, Michigan, the Wrecking Ball Has Not Meant Progress

Andrew Highsmith charts the rise and fall of Flint, a city deserted by industry and divided by segregation.

Exiling the Poor

Affluent suburban communities are refusing to build state-mandated affordable housing, leaving the inner-city poor with few options

Target: Tar Sands

Activists in Texas and a South Dakota reservation are fighting a fast-growing industry.

Obama Signs ‘Anti-Occupy’ Law

How Corrupt is Chicago?

Are America’s Taxes More Progressive Than Europe’s?

Liberal Snobs and Wall Street Bankers

A third way between America's clichéd class narratives comes from an unlikely source: former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum.

The Revolution Will Be Published

Mexican Presidential Candidates Debate the Drug War

Chicago Poised to Become First City to Condemn Torture

What to Do About Historians’ Job Crisis

Iraq War Ends, and a 2002 Rally Comes Full Circle

Campaign Flubs and Farces (International Edition)

Bernie Sanders’ New Bid to Overturn Citizens United Ruling