Peter Moskowitz
Peter Moskowitz is a freelance writer and the author of How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality and the FIght for the Neighborhood.
How LGBTQ Prisoners Use Art to Survive Incarceration
At an exhibit of works by LGBTQ prisoners opening tonight called On the Inside, the stories of a twice-marginalized population are put front and center.
The Thin Line Between 'Bad Drugs' and Medicine
Medical anthropologist Danya Glabau is teaching a class in how the discourse around drugs has changed.
America’s Search for Happiness Is Driving Us Crazy
A new book by journalist Ruth Whippman investigates the American "happiness industrial complex" and our growing obsession with contentment.
The Crazy, Failed Idea of Creating a Jewish State in Russia
Birobidzhan was a small region near the Chinese border in Russian that was established as the world's first autonomous Jewish region in the early 1930s. It didn't last long. Author Masha Gessen discusses the strange history of the would-be territory.
New York City's Surprising Role Funding Slavery and Profiting Off the Civil War
I talked to author John Strausbaugh about his new book, which details how "New York was arguably the most pro-South, pro-slavery city in the North," during the Civil War.
When Oil Boomtowns Go Bust
Fracking and other new technologies resulting in a lot of towns becoming suddenly wealthy, but as oil and gas prices fell, those industries suddenly dried up.
The Black Lives Matter Activist Who Won an Election and Made History in Kentucky
Attica Scott beat out old-school, conservative Democrat Tom Riner in Kentucky's primary, making her the first black woman to serve in the state's legislature in 20 years.
Inside the Movement to Stop the Oil Industry's 'Bomb Trains'
Activists say that carrying oil on trains leads to far too many explosions, derailments, and disasters.
Should America's Cops Be Protected by Hate Crime Laws?
Supporters of new pro-cop laws say police are an "oppressed minority," but critics fear the already toxic relationship between law enforcement and people of color will just get worse.
Detroit’s Massive School Protests Are the Latest Signs of a National Education Crisis
The teacher protests in Detroit are just the latest in a year of educational tumult across the US as money from state and federal governments dries up.
New Orleans's Charter School Experiment Is a Preview of the Coming Battle Over Education
After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans's struggling public school system was dismantled and replaced mostly by charter schools—and what happened next shows the benefits and perils of other cities following suit.
Why San Franciscans Are So Angry at the Super Bowl
Activists say that San Francisco should focus less on the big NFL game and more on income inequality, rising rents, and horrific police violence.