Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

Manhattan Institute for Policy Research A think tank working to keep America and its great cities prosperous, safe, and free.

A leading free-market think tank focusing on economic growth, education, energy/environment, health care, legal reform, public sector, race, & urban policy

09/03/2026

"There's a real danger in rejecting data centers generally or AI given the enormous benefits that this technology can provide."

Shawn Regan breaks down his recent City Journal piece.

New York should require public reporting on special education, school-based mental health services, spending, and outcom...
09/03/2026

New York should require public reporting on special education, school-based mental health services, spending, and outcomes. It should also review the current governance system—the legislature appoints all members of the Board of Regents, and the Regents choose the commissioner of education—while the governor, who is most accountable to voters, does not appoint anyone.

Read the entire report via the link in our bio.

09/02/2026

Hollywood’s exodus from Los Angeles may be a sign of something bigger: America’s once-dominant cities are losing the advantages that made them economic powerhouses.

High taxes, rising costs, poor governance, and declining quality of life are changing the calculation of where businesses and talent want to be.

MI's Allison Schrager breaks down her recent Bloomberg piece.

09/01/2026

In the latest saga of the New York City Council’s fight with Amazon, Mayor Mamdani has weighed in to support a bill that would add an estimated $664 to the annual bill of every customer.

MI’s Adam Lehodey breaks down his recent Reason Magazine piece, coauthored with C. Jarrett Dieterle.

Join us next week for a live forum with leading voices in counterterrorism, policing, and civic life on what the legacy ...
09/01/2026

Join us next week for a live forum with leading voices in counterterrorism, policing, and civic life on what the legacy of 9/11 demands of us now and what it will take to preserve American freedom.

The program will examine how New York’s security posture has changed, the evolution of Islamist and anti-Western radicalism, and what the past quarter-century has revealed about patriotism, pluralism, and civic identity.

Register via the link in our bio.

America must not let legitimate political and social concerns reduce our access to the computing power of AI—and the eno...
08/31/2026

America must not let legitimate political and social concerns reduce our access to the computing power of AI—and the enormous benefits it holds for humanity.

08/31/2026

"The reason people are colonizing public streets is that they are drug- addicted and mentally ill."

Heather Mac Donald discusses the limits of Housing First and why she believes homelessness policy needs to address addiction and mental illness.

08/28/2026

“Reform” has become the Left’s preferred remedy for losing cases at the nation’s highest court.

MI's Ilya Shapiro weighs in.

08/28/2026

"I think that sort of the true woke, the essentialism never quite went away, and the legal threats have done a lot, but I think there's something core to it that remains because I don't think that liberals ever dealt with it on a moral basis as a sort of moral mistake that they had made."

Essayist and former screenwriter Jacob Savage argues that the backlash against ‘woke’ ideology hasn’t addressed what he sees as its deeper moral foundations.

08/28/2026

Meta SETTLES their lawsuit over allegations that Facebook & Instagram were deliberately engineered to addict young users.

MI's Carolyn Gorman reacts on The Daily Wire's "Wired in Live."

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