The Magazine
Issue No. 12 — Winter 2026
Libraries under strain, budgets under pressure, and the blocks where both collide — our winter issue on the machinery of civic life.
In this issue
News
- Ten Things to Watch at City Hall This Spring Daniel Kim
- How the Budget Meeting Actually Works Daniel Kim
- What the New Transit Map Doesn't Show Jonah Reyes
Investigations
- The Landfill Next Door Sana Qureshi
- Rent, Rules, and the Ruling on 4th Street Priya Natarajan
- The Last Public Library Mara Ellison
Opinion
- In Defense of Slow Council Meetings Amara Okafor
- The Mayor's Empty Promise on Sidewalks Amara Okafor
Culture
- The Zine That Covered a Zoning War Theo Brandt
- A Block-by-Block Field Guide to the Waterfront Leo Marsh