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Commentary Governance, Cities New York, New York City
Jul 13 2025
Commentary Governance, Cities New York, New York City
Jul 13 2025

Blame New York Democrats — Not Washington — for New State Budget Crisis

By Ken Girardin Read More
Commentary Governance
Jul 08 2025
Trump Is on a Roll, but He Shouldn’t Get Overconfident
By Jason L. Riley Read More
Commentary Governance Supreme Court
Jul 04 2025
The State of the Conservative Legal Movement Is Strong
By Ilya Shapiro Read More
Commentary Economics, Governance NYC Mayoral Election 2025
Jul 03 2025
Mamdani Won Because Too Many Elites Lost
By Allison Schrager Read More
Commentary Governance
Jul 02 2025
Legal Marijuana’s Disastrous Legacy
By Charles Fain Lehman Read More

Scholars

Ilya Shapiro Senior Fellow | Director, Constitutional Studies @ishapiro
James R. Copland Senior Fellow | Director, Legal Policy @JamesRCopland
Richard A. Epstein Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law, New York University; Senior Lecturer, University of Chicago Law School @RichardAEpstein
Gregory Conti Senior Fellow
Gail Heriot Book Fellow | Professor, University of San Diego School of Law | Member, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights @GailHeriot
Tal Fortgang Fellow, Legal Policy

Events

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June 2025
11 11 June 2025
Event
Jun 11 2025
Temporary Trend or Tipping Point The Way Forward with Colorblind Equality Robert VerBruggen, Andre Archie, Wai Wah Chin, Ilya Shapiro, Jason L. Riley, Maimon Schwarzschild, Richard Kahlenberg, Wilfred Reilly, Edward Blum, Tunku Varadarajan
08
October 2024
08 08 October 2024
Event
Oct 08 2024
SCOTUS PREVIEW: 2024–25 James R. Copland, Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, Ilya Shapiro, The Hon. Stephen Vaden
17
January 2024
17 17 January 2024
Event
Jan 17 2024
Clarence Thomas and Me: Glenn Loury on Justice Thomas's Legacy Glenn C. Loury, Robert P. George, Randall L. Kennedy, Ilya Shapiro

Multimedia

Podcast Governance, Education
Jul 14 2025
Trump, Harvard, and Campus Conservatives City Journal Podcast
Podcast Governance New York
Jul 11 2025
Democratic Socialism’s Rise (feat. Reihan Salam) City Journal Podcast
Podcast Governance
Jul 07 2025
Elon’s America: Can the Billionaire Reboot the Right? City Journal Podcast

From City Journal

Eye on the News Governance Politics and Law
Jul 14 2025
Foreign Bot Networks Are Trying to Take Down Trump
By Zack Dulberg Read More
Eye on the News Governance, Public Safety Politics and Law, Public Safety
Jul 14 2025
Why Is Massachusetts Releasing First-Degree Murderers?
By Tim Cruz Read More

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