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Food

A Dissenter Grows in Brooklyn

Longtime Park Slope restaurateur and Business Improvement District head Irene LoRe is wary of the neighborhood's growing food truck presence.

Government

The Unmerited Origins of Wealth

Policy researcher Lew Daly explains why the self-made man is a myth.

World

If You Say Something, See Something

An American in Prague asks the US State Department for advice.

Government

Solving New York's Traffic Problem

Charles Komanoff has figured out how to limit congestion in New York. Now he just has to get everyone on board the congestion pricing bus.

Books

Sharon Zukin's Prayer for The City

The author of Naked City laments New York's astounding loss of authenticity.

Government

New York City's Subway Savant

Benjamin Kabak's Second Avenue Sagas blog has New York's public-transportation system covered.

Government

Daniel Gross Will Burst Your Bubble

A veteran business writer speculates on the American economy.

Books

The Complete Layman's Guide to the Health-Care System

Health-care expert and author Jonathan Cohn helps Gelf understand America's maddeningly confusing health insurance system.

Government

Wiping 'Squaw' off the Map

Is the word 'squaw' a sexual epithet? Can and should it be scrubbed from the country's geographic landforms like 'nigger' and 'jap' before it? Gelf investigates.

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