From City Journal’s Symposium Series
Proposals to improve care for the seriously mentally ill
A symposium on higher education in the United States
A symposium on anti-Semitism in the United States
Proposals to reinvigorate American dynamism, innovation, and self-sufficiency
Proposals for reversing America’s criminal-justice decline
A symposium on restoring the principle of color blindness
The Spotlight
Rotherham’s child sexual assaults remain shocking—but far from unique.
America’s crime policies and soft border are enabling its enemies.
The assassination of Brian Thompson does not call for a “conversation” about health care—it calls for a reckoning with Americans’ moral breakdown.
The Biden administration should adopt a strong stance against all political violence—including the anti-Semitic mayhem on college campuses.
A witty and erudite homage to alcohol concedes its drawbacks but makes the case for its social—and civilizational—utility.
America is on the verge of a new space age—if apathy doesn’t kill it.
How did college football become indistinguishable from professional sports? Gradually, and then suddenly.
An innovative program combines reading the Great Books with character-building and community.
Hope endures if courage and faith can.
Remembering Charles Dickens’s first visit to New York
A personal reflection on why we shouldn’t abandon the faith that has nourished Western civilization
Looking back on a Chicago childhood in the 1940s
The key to increasing upward mobility is expanding vocabulary.
Teach black kids to read.
An unusual charter school network, serving middle-class families, promotes a classical curriculum—and gets results.
The great American comic satirized white racism, his fellow blacks, and himself.
