Long Island

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  11/28/2022
  

  Republicans Can Thank Suburban New Yorkers for House Majority

  by Stacie Taranto

  The volatile politics of New York's downstate suburbs trace back to the settlement of massive suburban tracts outside the city after World War II, which created a large constituency of homeowners concerned with "law and order." 

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• 2/20/2022
  

  Malverne: The Incomplete Struggle for School Integration on Long Island

  by Alan J. Singer

  The general diversity of Long Island should be the area's strength. It's time to learn lessons from the past and stop allowing the area to be carved up into small and segregated school districts. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  3/26/2021
  

  The County Where Cops Call the Shots

  Aaron Bekemeyer's PhD dissertation research examines how police unions, like those in Suffolk County, NY, became powerful in the 20th Century. Jennifer Mittelstadt also comments on the exceptional status of police unions.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  10/1/2020
  

  On Long Island, a Beachfront Haven for Black Families

  An examination of the centuries-old Black community in and around Sag Harbor on Long Island, first a working port, then a vacation destination for the Black elite during segregation, to a historic enclave threatened by redevelopment.