Edward Hirsch reflects on his ever-changing process of creation.

As a young child, Edward Hirsch mistook Emily Bronte’s work for his grandfather’s.

Think poor and minority communities don’t value learning? Think again, says Pedro Noguera.

When the response to shootings in affluent schools is to turn schools into prisons, poor districts suffer—and violence doesn’t end.

Subpar schools are everyone’s problem. Pedro Noguera outlines the solutions that must be embraced within government, teachers’ unions, and the home.

Why the President and his Education Secretary may be compounding the flaws of No Child Left Behind with new mistakes.

When students are flunking in high numbers, teachers and administrators must take three crucial steps.

Yes, combating the high dropout rate in minority communities requires more school funding. But funding alone isn’t enough.

The sociologist’s commitment to understanding and improving schools “comes right out of [his] own experience” as an underserved student.

A conversation with the Professor of Teaching and Learning at New York University.

When purely economic incentives drive the media business, says Duke University’s James Hamilton, important civic benefits are lost.

As the sociologist explains, taste is manufactured socially, through whole groups. And when a certain, latte-loving class of people begins to overtake a community, it stifles neighboring populations both culturally […]

Manhattan’s Lower East Side has a distinctive history shaped largely by a spirit of resistance. So how does this mesh with the myriad nightclubs and sushi bars now filling the […]

Though often indirect, many urban dwellers are guilty of participating in a devastating pattern of displacement that is harming both the lives of low-income families and the fabric of cities […]

The pace of gentrification began to accelerate in the 1980s and, despite economic downturns, has yet to stall. What is responsible for this rush to urban areas? Can it last?

Despite occasional, but somewhat specious, counter-culture movements, New York is rapidly becoming home to an exclusively wealthy population and endless rows of bland chain stores, both of which are destroying […]

Over the past half-century, our associations with urban culture have undergone a curious shift to the point where the cramped and “classic” city life is seen as more “authentic” than […]

A conversation with the CUNY sociologist and author of “Naked City.”

Steven Brams’ solution to math’s “cake-cutting problem” can be applied to everything from divorce settlements to land disputes in the Middle East. But does he use it on his own […]

It’s an anachronism, says the NYU Politics Professor—and the state-by-state “winner take all” rules for presidential elections are even worse.

One of the originators of “approval voting” explains how his model would prevent the kind of foregone-conclusion elections that discourage voters from participating.

If the U.S. wants to develop a more rational, representative electoral system, it might look to Germany.

The “Biblical Games” author and game theorist demonstrates how biblical characters are “by and large rational, God included.”

The theoretical models Steven Brams constructs could help you make better strategic decisions at the polls.

A conversation with the game theorist and Professor of Politics at New York University.

John Abele has ideas for how to fix the problem with math and science primary education in the U.S.

Defining mental illnesses as precisely as bodily disorders will require more advanced neuroscience, but also a deeper understanding of insanity’s cultural context.

In the racially charged 1960s, dissent was redefined as insanity, and insanity as criminal behavior. Countless patients are still living with the consequences.

What is schizophrenia? As the psychiatrist and author of “The Protest Psychosis” explains, its definition has shifted radically over time, becoming increasingly tied to racial politics.