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''City Journal'' is a
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and website, published by the conservative
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, that covers a range of topics on urban affairs, such as policing, education, housing, and other issues. The magazine also publishes articles on arts and culture, urban architecture, family culture, and other topics. The magazine began publishing in 1990.


History

''City Journal'' was founded in 1990 by William M. H. Hammett, who served as the head of the conservative
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. Hammett positioned ''City Journal'' as a more moderate and more cosmopolitan alternative to established right-wing institutions. The magazine initially published articles promoting
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, fiscal discipline, government downsizing, and educational vouchers. Other
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-related topics covered in the magazine included criticisms of
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, and the promotion of broken-windows policing.


2020s

During the early 2020s, ''City Journal'' has attracted widespread national attention for its role in elevating debates on
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topics in education, and similar issues in the United States. Contributor
Christopher Rufo Christopher Ferguson Rufo (born August 26, 1984) is an American conservative activist and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. He is best known for his activism against critical race theory, which he says "has pervaded every aspect of the fe ...
, in particular, has drawn attention for writing numerous pieces in the magazine that often focus on these matters. In articles published by ''City Journal'', Rufo has accused Seattle's Office of Civil Rights of "endorsing principles of
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, group-based guilt, and race
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and
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workers who have been convicted of
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, suggested that there were significant levels of "' grooming' in public schools", accused a California
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designer of wanting to make children "chant to the gods
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, Huitzilopochtli, and Xipe Totek", compared the diversity training conducted by the city of Seattle to "cult programming", and accused an
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school district of promoting
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Marxist ideas.


Publication

The magazine is published by the conservative
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research (renamed in 1981 from the International Center for Economic Policy Studies) is a conservative American think tank focused on domestic policy and urban affairs, established in Manhattan in 1978 by Ant ...
a national free-market think tank based in
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. It was edited by Peter Salins and then Fred Siegel in the early 1990s. Myron Magnet, its editor from 1994 to 2006, is now editor-at-large. ''City Journal''s current editor is Brian C. Anderson, who was appointed in late 2006 after serving as senior editor for 10 years. The journal's contributors include experts such as Senior Fellow
Heather Mac Donald Heather Lynn Mac Donald (born November 23, 1956) is an American conservative political commentator, essayist, attorney, and author.Charles C. W. Cooke, February 26, 2014, National ReviewYes, Atheism and Conservatism are Possible: You needn’t be ...
,
Edward Glaeser Edward Ludwig Glaeser (born May 1, 1967) is an American economist and Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University. He is also Director for the Cities Research Programme at the International Growth Centre. He was educated a ...
,
Steven Malanga Steven Malanga is an American journalist. He is a contributing editor to ''City Journal'' and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, which publishes ''City Journal''. His primary area of focus is economic development within dense urban centers, ...
, Nicole Gelinas, Kay Hymowitz, John Tierney, and Joel Kotkin. Although ''City Journal'' is based in New York City, its scope is national and often international, through the contributions of writers including
Theodore Dalrymple Anthony Malcolm Daniels (born 11 October 1949), also known by the pen name Theodore Dalrymple (), is a conservative English cultural critic, prison physician and psychiatrist. He worked in a number of Sub-Saharan African countries as well as in ...
from Britain, Claire Berlinski and
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from France, and Bruce Bawer in
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. The magazine was also notable as one of the first to link to blogs on its website that referenced it, and to engage directly with the
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. ''City Journal'' has published several special issues, beginning in autumn 2009. Subsequently, ''City Journal'' has put out special issues in autumn 2013, summer 2016,''City Journal'' Special Issue 2016
and spring 2017.''City Journal'' Special Issue 2017
The 2009 and 2013 special issues were focused on policy agendas for New York State and City. In 2016, ''City Journal'' published a special issue on the state of
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, called "Texas Rising", and in 2017, ''City Journal'' considered the future of work and labor in an increasingly automated world, in an issue titled "The Shape of Work to Come".


Website

All articles from the print magazine are eventually published online at ''City Journal''s website, which also publishes original content (not from the magazine) daily, Mondays through Fridays. The first piece of new content for each week gets posted Sunday afternoon or evening. Original web pieces are generally shorter than the features in the print magazine, being typically about the length of an op-ed. They cover everything from public-policy issues and political developments to economics and popular culture. Additionally, the website hosts ''City Journal''s weekly podcast, ''10 Blocks'', which launched in February 2016. ''10 Blocks'' features discussions on urban policy and culture with host Brian C. Anderson and ''City Journal'' editors, contributors, and special guests. Episodes cover topics such as: predictive policing; the Bronx renaissance; reform of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; homelessness in
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.


Reception

Much of the reception of ''City Journal'' over the years has been divided along political lines. The magazine has received praise from the
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: the editorial board of the
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'' described it as "the magazine that helped save New York City"; conservative commentator Jay Nordlinger, writing in ''
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'', called ''City Journal'' "a beacon of civilization". In 2016, ''City Journal'' ranked second in '' The Global Grid''s "Top 20 Urban Planning Websites", and again made the list in 2017, ranked fourth. Alice O'Connor, a professor at the
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, has written that ''City Journal'' is "hardly a model of ideological moderation", and that its contributors are "enmeshed in 1960s- and 1970s-era urbanology". She has criticized multiple writers for ''City Journal'' for reviving a "relentlessly negative image of black cultural pathology to call for tougher measures to crack down on out-of-wedlock births", following articles praising
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's '' The Negro Family: The Case For National Action''. Conservative author
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, a major contributor for the magazine since its inception, published a piece in
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'' in 2020, accusing ''City Journal'' of removing contributors'
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, and criticized the association of magazine trustee
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Notable contributors

* Brian C. Anderson, editor of ''City Journal'' *
Steven Malanga Steven Malanga is an American journalist. He is a contributing editor to ''City Journal'' and a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, which publishes ''City Journal''. His primary area of focus is economic development within dense urban centers, ...
, senior fellow and senior editor * Claire Berlinski, contributor *
Coleman Hughes Coleman Cruz Hughes (born February 25, 1996) is an American writer and podcast host. He was a fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and a fellow and contributing editor at their ''City Journal'', and is the host of the podcast '' ...
, contributing editor *
Theodore Dalrymple Anthony Malcolm Daniels (born 11 October 1949), also known by the pen name Theodore Dalrymple (), is a conservative English cultural critic, prison physician and psychiatrist. He worked in a number of Sub-Saharan African countries as well as in ...
, contributing editor *
Edward Glaeser Edward Ludwig Glaeser (born May 1, 1967) is an American economist and Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics at Harvard University. He is also Director for the Cities Research Programme at the International Growth Centre. He was educated a ...
, senior fellow and contributing editor to ''City Journal'' *
Victor Davis Hanson Victor Davis Hanson (born September 5, 1953) is an American commentator, classicist, and military historian. He has been a commentator on modern and ancient warfare and contemporary politics for ''The New York Times'', '' Wall Street Journal'' ...
, contributing editor *
Howard Husock __NOTOC__ Howard Husock is vice president for policy research at the Manhattan Institute, where he is also director of its Social Entrepreneurship Initiative and a contributing editor to the Institute's quarterly magazine, '' City Journal''. He is ...
, contributor * Kay Hymowitz, senior fellow and contributing editor to ''City Journal'' * Andrew Klavan, contributing editor * Joel Kotkin, contributor *
John Leo John Patrick Leo (June 16, 1935 – May 9, 2022) was an American writer and journalist. He was noted for authoring columns in the ''National Catholic Reporter'' and '' U.S. News & World Report'', as well as for his reporting with ''The New Yor ...
, contributor *
Heather Mac Donald Heather Lynn Mac Donald (born November 23, 1956) is an American conservative political commentator, essayist, attorney, and author.Charles C. W. Cooke, February 26, 2014, National ReviewYes, Atheism and Conservatism are Possible: You needn’t be ...
, senior fellow and contributing editor * Myron Magnet, editor-at-large * John O. McGinnis, contributor *
Judith Miller Judith Miller (born January 2, 1948) is an American journalist and commentator known for her coverage of Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) program both before and after the 2003 invasion, which was later discovered to have been based on ...
, adjunct fellow and contributing editor *
Lance Morrow Lance Morrow (born September 21, 1939, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American essayist and writer, chiefly for ''Time'' magazine, as well as the author of several books. He won the 1981 National Magazine Award for Essay and Criticism and was a ...
, contributor * Ian Penman, contributor * Fred Siegel, senior fellow and contributing editor to ''City Journal'' *
Guy Sorman Guy Sorman (born March 10, 1944, Nérac) is a French-American professor, columnist, author, and public intellectual in economics and philosophy. Biography Guy Sorman has written twenty books that promote the ideals of creativity and modern ca ...
, contributing editor * Harry Stein, contributing editor *
Sol Stern Sol Stern (born 1935) is the author of the book ''Breaking Free: Public School Lessons and the Imperative of School Choice'' (2003) and has written extensively on education reform. Early life Stern was born in Ramat Gan, Israel (then Mandatory Pal ...
, adjunct fellow and contributing editor * John Tierney, contributing editor * Michael J. Totten, contributor *
John Stossel John Frank Stossel (born March 6, 1947) is an American libertarian television presenter, author, consumer journalist, and pundit. He is known for his career as a host on ABC News, Fox Business Network, and Reason TV. Stossel's style combines ...
, video contributor


See also

*'' Economics Does Not Lie''


References


External links

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