Managing Editors Erica Stein and Brendan Kredell kick off the second phase of From the Editors' Desk by asking what role media and the city can play in an effective response to the rapid pace of change.
Caitlin Bruce argues that the city could not figure in public imaginaries as a space for authentic populism in the 2016 U.S. election in part because of its long-standing representation as a contagion in cinema.