About 1.2 million people in the United States experience homelessness in a given year—you could nearly fill the city of Dallas with the unhoused. But there are proven solutions. For the chronically homeless, a key strategy is supportive housing—providing not only a stable apartment, but also services like psychiatric and medical care on-site. The New Yorker ... Show More
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Ryan Coogler on “Sinners,” His Epic Film about Race, Music, and the Undead
When the Oscar nominations were announced this year, Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” set a record. It received sixteen nominations, the most for any film ever. The fact that it’s, in part, a vampire movie, made by a director who’s not yet forty, makes that feat all the more remarkable. ... Show More
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Mar 1
Failed “Finance Bros” Find Success with HBO’s “Industry”
David Remnick sits down with Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, the creators of a show he loves, “Industry,” which is currently airing its fourth season. The show is centered on the financial and personal dramas of junior employees at a fictional London investment bank. Down and Kay are ... Show More
16m 23s
Nov 2022
The Sunday Read: ‘Young and Homeless in Rural America’
<p>Sandra Plantz, an administrator at Gallia County Local Schools for more than 20 years, oversees areas as diverse as Title I reading remediation and federal grants for all seven of the district’s schools. In recent years, though, she has leaned in hard on a role that is overloo ... Show More
43m 9s
Oct 2022
The Rise of the Single-Family Home
<p>To tackle its critical shortage of affordable housing, California has taken aim at a central tenet of the American dream: the single-family home.</p><p>Telling the story of one such property, in San Diego, can teach us about the larger housing crisis and how we might solve it. ... Show More
34m 29s
Jun 2022
The Sunday Read: ‘How Houston Moved 25,000 People From the Streets Into Homes of Their Own’
<p>Michael Kimmelman, the architecture critic of The New York Times, traveled to Houston to observe an approach to chronic homelessness that has won widespread praise.</p><p>Houston, the nation’s fourth-most populous city, has moved more than 25,000 homeless people directly into ... Show More
43m 22s