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Daniel Wortel-London

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Land Value Politics

What New York City can learn from its past about the potential for urban growth that is not hostage to the preferences of the largest private owners.

by Kim Phillips-Fein, Daniel Wortel-London via Phenomenal World on September 18, 2025
Conservatives Say Liberals Want West Side Story to Be “Woke Side Story”

The beloved musical’s creator struggled to find a place between left and center.

by Daniel Wortel-London via Slate on December 13, 2021
Politics, Populism, and the Life of the Mind

An interview with Sean Wilentz on Library of America's new collection of Richard Hofstadter's works.

by Sean Wilentz, Daniel Wortel-London via Journal of the History of Ideas Blog on July 27, 2020
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Cities and States Need Aid — But Also Oversight

Federal funding during and after the New Deal ended up hurting cities because of who spent it and how.

by Brent Cebul, Daniel Wortel-London via Made By History on May 4, 2020
The Fight for Rent Control

In the early twentieth century, immigrant tenant organizers made rent control laws a reality. Today, working-class New Yorkers still fight for housing justice.

by Daniel Wortel-London via Dissent on June 5, 2019
The Public Costs of Private Growth

Amazon, the Great Depression, and the fiscal history #HQ2 supporters miss.

by Daniel Wortel-London via The Metropole on January 28, 2019

The Menace of Prosperity: New York City and the Struggle for Economic Development, 1865-1981

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