Email Author Nat Hentoff

2011 Stories by Nat Hentoff

• Bloomberg and Kelly Bust the Press

  published December 7, 2011

  Since 1958, when I became a reporter at the Voice, I have covered every mayor—including the monarchical Rudy Giuliani—and... More >>

• The Bleak Future for NYC Students

  published November 2, 2011

  Cathie Black was mocked out of the chancellorship, but what of the longtime failing educators who remain: her successor, Dennis Walcott, and... More >>

• Ray Kelly Versus the First Amendment--On My Street

  published October 19, 2011

  It’s past time to dig into the often brutish, unconstitutional culture of Ray Kelly’s NYPD. I’m not including all officers in... More >>

• Bloomberg Schools Flunk the Constitution

  published August 31, 2011

  Years ago, when I was interviewing Justice William Brennan in his Supreme Court chambers for my book, Living the Bill of Rights, he... More >>

• When Rupert Murdoch Was My Boss

  published August 3, 2011

  Now that Rupert Murdoch himself is the news, I add to his legend what it was like when he owned the Voice. First, a necessary prelude:... More >>

• Bloomberg: Black Parents Fail Their Kids

  published June 29, 2011

  With his usual glowing self-assurance, multi-term mayor Michael Bloomberg continually proclaims that his administration will be judged by his... More >>

• Bloomberg's Schools: Is This America?

  published May 25, 2011

  For the future of this and any city—and its children—reporting inside the schools can be journalism’s most important beat. Among... More >>

• Chancellor Walcott: Change That Kids Can Believe In?

  published April 27, 2011

  On his first full day in office, the successor to Cathie Black and Joel Klein told a City Council hearing: “I believe in what we’re... More >>

• Beware: Ray Kelly for Next FBI Director?

  published March 30, 2011

  Our senior senator, to whom President Obama pays considerable heed, is vigorously campaigning for our police commissioner to become the FBI... More >>

• NYC Schools Disintegrating Under Bloomberg

  published February 23, 2011

  Cathie Black has made it clear by now to more and more parents and their children that her commitment is to Michael Bloomberg—not them. Or... More >>

• Racial Inequality in Bloomberg's Schools

  published January 19, 2011

  “You can’t separate a 28 percent graduate rate in New York City of black males with the fact that 50 percent of black males in New... More >>