City Journal

City Journal stands out as the leading magazine in the realm of urban policy in the United States, often referred to as “the Bible of the new urbanism” by London's Daily Telegraph. During the Giuliani Administration, it became a hub for innovative ideas that helped revitalize New York City, earning the New York Post's description of it as “the place where Rudy gets his ideas.” The Public Interest even credited City Journal as “the magazine that saved the city.” However, City Journal's impact isn't limited to just New York; it has a national presence with readers all across the United States. Influential journalists, prominent business leaders, and top financiers subscribe to the quarterly publication. Public officials from various states frequently turn to City Journal for policy insights. Major newspapers like the Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times often publish adaptations of its articles, extending the magazine's reach to millions. The magazine features a dynamic blend of practical insights and innovative theories, covering a wide range of topics including school funding, police strategies, welfare policies, urban design, family issues, and emerging ideas from law schools and public health institutions. As urban policy intersects with nearly all aspects of domestic policy and major cultural concerns, City Journal embraces a broad perspective. It commits to maintaining high standards in intellectual depth, journalistic integrity, and literary quality, striving to provide engaging content for thoughtful and discerning readers.

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How Should Republicans Think About Medicaid Reform?

1 week ago | city-journal.org | Robert VerBruggen

Last month, as Republicans debated Medicaid reform, media outlets reported on a striking academic working paper. Authored by Angela Wyse of Dartmouth and Bruce Meyer of the University of Chicago, the study claimed that Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion saved thousands of low-income Americans’ lives. But last week, the Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy posted an assessment of the paper.
Gavin Newsom Sipped Cabernet While Los Angeles Burned

1 week ago | city-journal.org | Christopher F. Rufo |Ryan Thorpe

As riots engulfed Los Angeles and mobs vandalized public buildings, incinerated vehicles, and assaulted law enforcement officers, California governor Gavin Newsom was enjoying a swanky wine-tasting party in Napa Valley. The wine-tasting was held on the afternoon of June 7, 2025, at the Odette Estate Winery, which Newsom co-founded in 2011.
Manhattan Institute Poll: Cuomo Leads Mamdani in Mayor’s Race

1 week ago | city-journal.org | Charles Lehman |Tal Fortgang |Rafael A. Mangual |Carolyn D. Gorman

City Journal contributors Charles Fain Lehman, Tal Fortgang, Rafael Mangual, and Carolyn Gorman break down results from a new Manhattan Institute poll on New York City’s mayoral race. They also unpack the Israel–Iran conflict and the strange state of modern wedding culture. Audio TranscriptCharles Fain Lehman: The two top issues, collectively covering 51 percent of the electorate in the poll, were crime and public safety, so 26 percent, and housing costs, which is at 25 percent.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul Should Veto Assisted-Suicide Bill

1 week ago | city-journal.org | John Hirschauer

In the early twentieth century, New York law recognized suicide as a “grave public wrong” and declared attempted suicide a felony. Last week, the State Senate passed a bill that would effectively recognize suicide as a human right. The Medical Aid in Dying Act, which passed the State Assembly in April, would allow people diagnosed with terminal illnesses to request a prescription for lethal drugs.
Zohran Mamdani Prefers International Law Over America’s

1 week ago | city-journal.org | Seth Barron

Socialist New York State assemblyman and mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has made “affordability” a campaign focus, promising to freeze rents and eliminate bus fares. But Mamdani’s recent comments about international law—and his vow to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu for delivery to the International Criminal Court (ICC)—reveal the radical ideology that motivates him far more deeply than does affordability.
Political Violence Has No Partisan Allegiance

1 week ago | city-journal.org | Charles Lehman

Very early Saturday morning, Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman and state senator John Hoffman—both members of the state’s Democratic party affiliate—were shot, along with their spouses, by a man posing as a police officer. Hortman and her husband Mark died; Hoffman and his wife Yvette, though both shot multiple times, have survived. After a two-day manhunt, police captured the alleged killer, Vance Boelter, who now faces murder charges.
Blue States Used to Lead in Education. Not Anymore

1 week ago | city-journal.org | Neetu Chandak

Not long ago, blue states typically outperformed red ones when it came to education. That is changing. Blue states like Oregon and Washington experienced significant drops in reading and math scores for both fourth- and eighth-graders between 2015 and 2024, worse than the national declines during the same period. Mississippi, meantime, gained five points in fourth-grade reading and math and held steady in eighth-grade performance.
“No Kings” Protests: Why More Boomers Than Zoomers?

1 week ago | city-journal.org | Charles Lehman |Ilya Shapiro |Renu Mukherjee |Daniel Di Martino

Charles Fain Lehman, Ilya Shapiro, Renu Mukherjee, and Daniel Di Martino discuss the attack on two Minneapolis state lawmakers, the rallies against Trump, the military parade in D.C., and the New York City mayoral race. Daniel Di Martino: No, you know, my problem is that I do think Mamdani is a Marxist who is extremely dangerous, who hates America, who hates the West, who hates the Constitution.
DOJ Investigation Threatens Illinois’ Disability Care Facilities

1 week ago | city-journal.org | John Hirschauer

The Department of Justice is reportedly investigating whether Illinois “unnecessarily institutionalizes, or puts at serious risk of institutionalization, adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.” For disability-rights advocates, the inquiry offers a chance to pressure the state to close facilities they have long opposed.
Rioting Mainly for Fun and Profit

1 week ago | city-journal.org | Charles Lehman

The summer of 2025 has not yet officially begun, but it already looks like another long, hot one. Los Angeles has faced days of anti-ICE protests and rioting, which have spread to dozens of other cities, provoking clashes with local, state, and federal law enforcement. The burning cars and mask-clad demonstrators are disturbingly reminiscent of the riots for “racial justice” in the summer of 2020 and for “Palestine” in 2024. The cause changes; the personnel and methods remain the same.