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.
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