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New York City Voters Have an Appetite for Electoral Reform: Polling and Analysis | Manhattan Institute

1 week ago | manhattan.institute | John M. Ketcham

During April 8–11, 2024, [1] and January 24–30, 2025, [2] the Manhattan Institute polled representative samples of the likely 2025 mayoral electorate in New York City to gauge registered voters’ opinions on electoral reform. Looking at the consistencies and changes between the 2024 poll and the 2025 poll, we can draw inferences about the durable […]
Is Free Speech Too Sacred?

1 week ago | manhattan.institute | Tal Fortgang

There are other rights besides the right to free expression. In 1919, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. delivered what would become a canonical statement about free speech limits: The First Amendment does not protect “falsely shouting fire in a theatre.” That it remains such a popular (if misquoted) phrase is a bit odd, and grates on legal scholars who know that the “clear and present danger” standard the phrase buttressed is legally insignificant. The Schenck v.
Car Harms Monday: So Dominant That You Don’t Even Notice You’re Being Inconvenienced for Them

1 week ago | manhattan.institute | Nicole Gelinas

Our cities were not made for this onslaught. This essay is part of Streetsblog's "Car Harms" series, a package of stories designed to remind policymakers and the public of the hidden costs, dangers, inefficiencies and just plain old sadness that come from building our city around the needs of drivers. Auto-dependency has undermined the joy and beauty of our great urban spaces, and that must change. Click here to read the full series.
Amicus Brief: Chiles v. Salazar

2 weeks ago | manhattan.institute | Ilya Shapiro |Tal Fortgang

Kaley Chiles, a licensed professional counselor, is challenging Colorado’s Minor Conversion Therapy Law (MCTL), which prohibits mental health professionals from providing “conversion therapy” to minor clients. “Conversion therapy” is statutorily defined as “any practice or treatment . . .
The Fed Can Now Declare Victory over Inflation

2 weeks ago | manhattan.institute | Allison Schrager

Higher prices aren’t over, but the central bank has officially completed its pandemic mission. When it comes to inflation, America has reached a “Mission Accomplished” moment. Rule No. 1 of inflation reports is never to read too much into one report, but there have now been several months of fairly low inflation, so it seems safe to call it: The Fed did its job. Pandemic inflation is over. Note that I do not say, “Inflation is over.” Between tariffs and lower immigration, higher inflation is likely.
A College Degree Is No Longer a Risk-Free Investment

2 weeks ago | manhattan.institute | Allison Schrager

As the financial returns to education decline, graduates have to be smarter and more flexible about their careers. My unifying theory of finance is that everything goes seriously wrong when people start seeing something — a bond, a mortgage-backed security, a crypto exchange — as risk-free when it isn’t. Look at any financial crisis or minor blowup, and that’s always where it starts. Lately I have been wondering if my hypothesis applies to areas outside of finance — specifically, to education.
The Growing Global Debate Over Youth Gender Care

2 weeks ago | manhattan.institute | Josh Gerstein |Kyle Cheney |April Rubin |Amanda Gokee

In a new ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth issued a preliminary injunction that preserves “gender affirming care” and “social accommodations” for trans-identified federal inmates. The ruling also grants the plaintiffs’ motion for class action certification. The lawsuit in question–Kingdom v.
Financial Repression Won’t Make Interest Rates Lower

3 weeks ago | manhattan.institute | Allison Schrager

The federal government’s various attempts to try to reduce borrowing costs are bound to fail. The federal government, financial markets and most Americans are all in a state of denial about interest rates. Whenever someone goes on business TV, gets a mortgage or makes a long-term debt projection, I usually hear some variation of the phrase, “when rates go back down.”I am sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings, but rates are not going back down, especially to the levels of the 2010s.
Useful Idiots for Hamas

3 weeks ago | manhattan.institute | Charles Lehman

How campus protests turned into assassinations and firebombing. Last Sunday, Mohamed Soliman, a 45-year-old illegal alien from Egypt, lobbed Molotov cocktails into a group of people in Boulder, Colorado. He did so, he later told police, because of his hatred for these “Zionists,” who were peacefully marching to demand the release of Hamas’ hostages in Gaza.
What Did You Think ‘Intifada’ Meant? Vibes?

3 weeks ago | manhattan.institute | Daniel Di Martino |Nicole Gelinas |Ilya Shapiro |Charles Lehman

Good morning: The month of June opened with a targeted attack on a group of Boulder, Colorado, residents marching for the release of Hamas’s remaining hostages in Gaza.