Metropolitics
Let Bodegas Be Bodegas
20 September, by
A new rule proposed by the US Department of Agriculture would impose new stocking rules on food stores that accept SNAP benefits, requiring them to carry more perishable and healthy food. This requirement would primarily affect small convenience stores. Dory Thrasher argues that this intervention, despite its beneficent intentions, is unlikely to transform the nutrition environment for low-income households.
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“We Are the Scene”: Alternative Art Economies in Bushwick
13 September, by -
The French Republic and the Paris Spring
6 September, by
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To our French colleagues and readers
27 July, byWe stand in with you in solidarity and grief in the aftermath of the recent attacks in Nice and Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, which were an assault on all of us and on the fabric of public life. The
Open Letter Condemning the Purge of Academic Institutions in Turkey
22 July, byThe editorial board of Metropolitics invites its readers to join it in its support of the following petition (link below) condemning the current situation in Turkish academic institutions. “As
Evictions and Poverty
28 June, byMatthew Desmond’s Evicted has drawn much-needed attention to the under-studied problem of unsubsidized rental housing, where most poor households in the United States live. Hilary Botein describes
The Crisis of Geographical Imagination in Turkey
21 June, byEthnic, nationalistic and social tensions are at an all-time high in Turkey, exacerbated by the re‑emergence of the “Kurdish problem” and the influx of Syrian refugees fleeing the war. Minorities
Securing Land Tenure in Egypt: Who Needs Registered Titles?
14 June, byDavid Sims challenges popular wisdom on property-rights regimes in non-Western nations by questioning the relevance of formal property titling for poor urban households in Egypt, where informal
The Wrecker’s Pick. The Rationales and Hidden Agendas of Urban Renewal in the 19th and 20th Centuries
7 June, by & translated by-
The Flea Market of Marseille
17 May, by &Marseille’s flea market (“marché aux puces”) lies at the heart of a vast urban renewal project that could end up wiping the market off the map for good. Michèle Jolé and William Kornblum, who have both
Technocratic Values and Uneven Development in the “Smart City”
10 May, by &In the US, the idea of “smart cities” is coming to dominate federal government involvement in, and funding for, urban places. But the smart cities approach, which focuses on using digital
“Harriet Jacobs didn’t learn to read and write so that she could get an A”
3 May, byConfronted by school systems that persistently reproduce race- and class-based educational inequality, how can individual poor students of color navigate their own educational paths to realize
More Affordable Transit Fares
26 April, byLow-income urban residents often struggle to afford transit fares. Seattle recently established half-fares for poor residents, and other cities are considering similar measures. Yet the policy
Looking Inward, Across the Border
19 April, byIn the constellation of anti-immigrant politics in the United States, groups like the Minutemen, civilians who patrol the border with military gear, stand out for taking matters into their own
The Intimate Politics of Public Housing’s Demise
12 April, by
In Cathedrals of Craft: Workplaces for the New Elite Service, Retail, and Manual Labor Jobs
12 May 2015, by
The Horseshoe Crab, our Environment and our Health
15 December 2014, by
Kanal İstanbul: a “crazy project” serving political ambitions
7 December 2011, by & translated by
“We Are the Scene”: Alternative Art Economies in Bushwick
13 September, by
Let Bodegas Be Bodegas
20 September, by
The French Republic and the Paris Spring
6 September, by
Visual Boredom: Commodification and Exclusion in Graffiti-Less Auckland
26 May 2015, by
The reconstruction of Beirut: sowing the seeds for future conflicts?
14 November 2012, by & & translated by
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