The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap Highlight

“You’re not going to see any change in tactics overnight,” promised Mayor Mike Bloomberg. But the fact that Bloomberg was put in the position of having to fight back—and that his successor, Bill de Blasio, won in part by running against those tactics—shows that public pressure can work. Just trying to do the right thing legitimizes the entire system. We don’t do it often enough.