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Eileen Markey

Eileen Markey is an associate professor of Journalism at Lehman College, CUNY. She is the author of A Radical Faith: The Assassination of Sr. Maura and the editor of Without Compromise: The Brave Journalism That First Exposed Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani and the American Epidemic of Corruption, the anthology of the work of Village Voice muckraker Wayne Barrett.

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October 30, 2025

Eileen Markey

New York Didn’t “Drop Dead” in 1975—and It Won’t Under Mamdani, Either

It was 50 years ago today that the Daily News ran the famous headline, “Ford to City: Drop Dead.” Today, a far more malevolent president makes even worse threats.

January 10, 2022

Eileen Markey

A Bronx Community Bloomed After One Housing Crisis. Can It Survive Another?

In the 1980s, a government program helped Black families buy new homes amid fires and flight. Now that generation is moving south, as the neighborhood faces a new threat: affordability.

March 16, 2018

Eileen Markey

What Happened to Irish America?

Irish Americans used to be progressive champions for the oppressed and the downtrodden. Now many of them are Trump voters.

Eileen Markey

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