Rafael A. Mangual

1 week ago | city-journal.org | Charles Lehman |Rafael A. Mangual |Tal Fortgang |Jesse Arm

Charles Fain Lehman, Rafael Mangual, Tal Fortgang, and Jesse Arm discuss the attack on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s home, the Trump administration’s crackdown on Harvard University, and the best crew members to bring on a trip to space. Charles Fain Lehman: Welcome back to the City Journal podcast. I'm your host Charles Fain Lehman, fellow at the Manhattan Institute and senior editor of City Journal.

1 week ago | city-journal.org | Charles Lehman |Rafael A. Mangual |Daniel Di Martino

Charles Fain Lehman, Judge Glock, Rafael Mangual, and Daniel Di Martino discuss what’s next for Trump’s tariffs, the latest in the deportation saga of former Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil, and what people are getting up to with corpses on the New York City subway.

Jan 15, 2025 | city-journal.org | Rafael A. Mangual

Whether defending New York’s controversial congestion pricing scheme or opposing more-aggressive policing, progressive activists have a favorite talking point in response to concerns about subway crime. The argument, repeated in a New York Times newsletter last week, goes something like this: You’re just as likely to be injured in a car crash as you are to be the victim of a murder, rape, felony assault, or robbery on the subways.

Dec 23, 2024 | city-journal.org | Rafael A. Mangual

Early Sunday morning, aboard an F train at the Coney Island–Stilwell Avenue station in Brooklyn, New York, a man allegedly set a sleeping woman ablaze and emotionlessly watched her burn to death from the platform. It was a horrific scene, captured on video. Police have arrested a suspect in the case—an illegal migrant from Guatemala. The victim has yet to be identified. The immolation was the 11th subway murder in New York City this year, surpassing this century’s high point of ten in 2022.

Dec 9, 2024 | city-journal.org | Rafael A. Mangual

New Yorkers concerned about public safety are breathing a sigh of relief today, after a Manhattan jury acquitted Daniel Penny of manslaughter charges in the May 2023 death of Jordan Neely.