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Presents information on the political and social conditions in the U.S. Significance of Tammany Hall, a Democratic political organization of New York City, in the social improvement of New York; Difference between New York politics of today and New York politics of twenty years ago; Ratification by the voters of New York state of the proposal to reorganize the state government in the agitation for the short ballot; Changes made by the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee in fixing tax rates; Comparison of the tax rates of income taxpayers fixed by the Committee with that of U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Andrew William Mellon; Levies on all forms of property and income proposed by French premier Paul Painleve; Details of Painleve's program related to tax collections; Factors affecting share prices at New York Stock Exchange; Theories of the American College set forth at the meeting of the Alumni Council at Amherst, New York.

The article focuses on political and social issues of the U.S. It states that unlike the last time, the antiwar effort is starting in the center, rather than at the radical edges of politics in the U.S. Catholic bishops went on record this month against the U.S. aggressive action. During early days of the Vietnam era, the Catholic hierarchy was a major supporter of the war party. The article also reports that annihilation of unions of newspapers is around the corner in New York City. Its peal could be the death knell of at least one of the city's four major dailies and cause further hemorrhaging of the union movement.

The article presents information on various developments in the U.S. Within the Pentagon, in the combat zones of Vietnam, plenty of information is being obtained. It is technological information, the kind which will be useful in fighting the increasingly technological wars of the future. The report on 430 admissions to 98 New York hospitals, selected at random from Blue Cross files, which claimed that less than optimal treatment was received in 43 per cent of the cases was a shocker. On Sunday, April 25, some 100 million people in the U.S. in twenty states advanced their clocks, thereby gaining a daily hour of light until the clocks are turned back on the last Sunday in October. But as the Transportation Association of America points out, these 100 million were out of step with the other 80 million people in the U.S. who either shifted to D.S.T. at other times.

In Harlem, New York, for the largest Negro community in the U.S., the war doesn't seem to matter much. The people there have asked the question, "What will the war bring us?" The answer, as most of them see it, is "Nothing." They still want the United Nations to win, but only casually. Harlem's people hoped for a while that the inequalities which "stung and dishonored" them would be swept away in the war. It was, after all, a war for the Four Freedoms. At the very least, they thought, race barriers in industry would go down under the pressure of war needs. They know better now. "It is true that some jobs have been opened to us," they say, "that economically we are better off. But most Harlem people can still find work only as domestics, chauffeurs, or common laborers."

Comments on social and political issues in the United States as of November 2001. How the rich people in New York City responded to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks; Commendation on the proposed rebate of payroll taxes; Privilege of rich travelers in New York in dealing with security checkings at commercial airports.

Focuses the implication of the September 11 terrorist attack in the United States. Argument on the supreme patriarchal of the U.S. government; Facts on the global capitalism; Emphasis on the parallel incident in Kader Industrial Toy Co. and World Trade Center terrorist attack.

Makes observations about developments in the United States during a week in March 2000. Exhibits at the Whitney Museum in New York City; David Stern; National Basketball Association; PETA brain surgeons; Ricki Lake; Al Gore's fashion; The Clintons.

Reports on issues and events from across the United States as of January 31, 2000. Claims of former Ku Klux Klansman David Duke against the minorities; Reason why Duke left the National Association for the Advancement of White People in 1989; Elevator accident at the Empire State Building in New York, New York.

This article talks about assisted suicide, crime in New York City, and the debate on immigration to the U.S. "National Review" disagrees with Professor Ernest van den Haag's advocacy of a right to suicide, and plans to publish a reply by Robert P. George in the future. Charges against four train commuters for playing with a deck of cards were quietly dropped in New York City out of embarrassment of the Manhattan District Attorney's office in relation to the focus of the city's law enforcement personnel. A debate on immigration was recommended by columnist Thomas Sowell along with the suggestion that Julian Simon would be the best pro-immigration advocate and that "Peter Brimelow's Alien Nation makes him a top choice for the contrary position."

Focuses on various social events in the United States. Includes the performance of charities in the wake of the World Trade Center attack in New York; Season premiere of Survivor October 11; Concert tribute to John Lennon on TNT.