Think New York City has always been a glittering metropolis? Think again, with Stacker's look through city records and archives from 100 years ago that reveal a very different New York.

The mayor’s call to “freeze the rent” galvanized the 69 percent of New Yorkers who don’t own their homes. But the city’s landlords claim the math doesn’t add up. Crotona Park East, the ...

Books & the Arts / A new book revisits the public housing programs of the 1930s. Joshua Freeman Today, Mary K. Simkhovitch is little remembered. But in the first half of the 20th century, her name was ...

It’s not good for printing,” this photo that Gary Mark Smith took of a few boys on the streets of Tangier, Morocco. It’s not ...

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We all know that food prices are high in Canada, but taking another step towards socialism won’t fix that.

Families and tourists thronged the streets in cities and towns across Ireland for St Patrick’s Day, while reflecting on what ...

My grandfather drove our 1950 sedan along the country road in Ulster County, NY. The ride to the orphanage was short. Carrying a few boxes of clothes I had outgrown, ...

Urban inequality is shaping the future of cities globally as much as technological advancements. Urban poor have lived through the industrial revolution, digital revolution, dot-com era, and now the ...

The history of the Academy Awards is full of headlining stars and films. Get to know the winningest individuals and movies in Oscars history.

As the calendar turns to March 8, 2026, a dangerous trend of "commercial amnesia" threatens to swallow the history of ...

Multi-award-winning writer best known for his speculative fiction, but whose novels and novellas also spanned genres from crime to historical ...