Crisis Cities brings together some of the world’s leading social scientists and humanists to grapple with the 2020 crises of our cities.
Thomas J. Sugrue
Thomas J. Sugrue is a professor of social and cultural analysis and history at New York University, where he also directs the NYU Cities Collaborative. His eight books include the Bancroft Prize–winning history of Detroit, The Origins of the Urban Crisis (Princeton University Press, 1996), and, most recently, with Andrew J. Diamond, Neoliberal Cities (NYU Press, 2020). 
The Big Picture: America’s Real Estate Developer in Chief
On a clear day, from his 68th-floor penthouse on Fifth Avenue, President Trump can survey America’s greatest metropolis. To the west is a glass-and-steel forest of luxury towers bordering Central ...
What Next for Detroit?
One of the most important urban photographers of our time, Camilo José Vergara arrived in the United States in the midst of the “urban crisis,” as great American cities struggled with massive ...
Sugrue and Venkatesh on Robert J. Sampson’s “Great American City”
Though published only a few months ago, it’s already clear that Robert J. Sampson’s Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect will rank among the most important works of urban ...