Opinion Today: The keys to unlocking human potential

We can make cities America’s lifeblood once again. 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The first chapter, [A Nation Tested](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgm8JXP0TraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyMC9vcGluaW9uL2FtZXJpY2EtaW5lcXVhbGl0eS1jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjAwNTExJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE4Mzg3Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTI3MjQ5JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAKFc9uV71I92mUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), presented an overview of how rising inequality in recent decades made American society less fair and more fragile. It recounted how past generations of Americans, faced with crises like the one confronting us today, mustered the imagination and will to make the nation stronger. Today we’re beginning to roll out the second chapter, in which we’re focusing on [the life of American cities](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgm8JXP0T3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNS8xMS9vcGluaW9uL2Nvcm9uYXZpcnVzLWZ1bGZpbGxpbmctdGhlLXByb21pc2Utb2Ytb3VyLWNpdGllcy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjAwNTExJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE4Mzg3Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTI3MjQ5JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAKFc9uV71I92mUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). The pandemic is dealing prodigious blows to cities across the country. But the country can’t hope to thrive again if its cities don’t. [As our editorial argues](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgm8JXP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNS8xMS9vcGluaW9uL2Nvcm9uYXZpcnVzLXVzLWNpdGllcy1pbmVxdWFsaXR5Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMDA1MTEmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTgzODcmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjcyNDkmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgAoVz25XvUj3aZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), cities have historically “supplied the keys for unlocking human potential.” Cities not only provided shared, robust public infrastructure like schools, libraries and transit systems, they also stirred together vast numbers of people from different cultures and classes. Though American cities were beset by racism and other injustices, they fostered opportunity, invention, progress. That was no longer really true even before the pandemic struck and intensified the challenges. As Annalee Newitz [writes in her essay](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgm8JXP0TZaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNS8xMS9vcGluaW9uL2luZXF1YWxpdHktaGlzdG9yeS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjAwNTExJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE4Mzg3Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTI3MjQ5JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAKFc9uV71I92mUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), as far back as the Bronze Age, once-powerful cities, and civilizations, have been brought to their knees by profound inequality. In the editorial we describe [how to repair these great engines of opportunity](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgm8JXP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNS8xMS9vcGluaW9uL2Nvcm9uYXZpcnVzLXVzLWNpdGllcy1pbmVxdWFsaXR5Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMDA1MTEmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTgzODcmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjcyNDkmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgAoVz25XvUj3aZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) and set them to work powering America forward once again. In coming days, through charts, text and photos, we’ll explore other dimensions of city life — from public schools to urban design — and propose further solutions. We’ll investigate how to end homelessness, and consider whether this might be the moment San Francisco finally fixes itself. The whole chapter will also appear in print, in the coming issue of the Sunday Review. I’d welcome your thoughts on this work, as always. [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-0) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgm8JXP0RsaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NTk3ODUmbGk9VFkmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPVRZXzIwMjAwNTExVwNueXRCCgAoVz25XvUj3aZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgm8JXP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NDUwODUxJmxpPVRZJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1UWV8yMDIwMDUxMVcDbnl0QgoAKFc9uV71I92mUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgm8JXP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NTgxOTIxJmxpPVRZJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1UWV8yMDIwMDUxMVcDbnl0QgoAKFc9uV71I92mUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ THE AMERICA WE NEED [[Article Image] William Eckenberg/The New York Times](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgm8JXP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNS8xMS9vcGluaW9uL2Nvcm9uYXZpcnVzLXVzLWNpdGllcy1pbmVxdWFsaXR5Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMDA1MTEmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTgzODcmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjcyNDkmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgAoVz25XvUj3aZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~)   [The Cities We Need America’s cities were once engines of growth and opportunity. In this crisis, how can we save them? By The Editorial Board](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgm8JXP0TnaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNS8xMS9vcGluaW9uL2Nvcm9uYXZpcnVzLXVzLWNpdGllcy1pbmVxdWFsaXR5Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMDA1MTEmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTgzODcmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjcyNDkmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgAoVz25XvUj3aZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) [[Article Image] Getty Images](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgm8JXP0TZaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNS8xMS9vcGluaW9uL2luZXF1YWxpdHktaGlzdG9yeS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjAwNTExJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE4Mzg3Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTI3MjQ5JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAKFc9uV71I92mUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~)   [What Happened to the Original 1 Percent? Modern cities can learn from the fate of the collapsed civilizations at Ugarit and Mycenae. 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By James Bennet](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgm8JXP0T3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNS8xMS9vcGluaW9uL2Nvcm9uYXZpcnVzLWZ1bGZpbGxpbmctdGhlLXByb21pc2Utb2Ytb3VyLWNpdGllcy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjAwNTExJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE4Mzg3Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTI3MjQ5JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAKFc9uV71I92mUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) During these extraordinary times, Opinion contributors will be going live on Twitter every weekday at 1 p.m. Eastern to chat with viewers. Join Sopan Deb ([@sopandeb](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgm8JXP0S7aHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9zb3BhbmRlYj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDIwMDUxMSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xODM4NyZsYW5nPWVuJm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTI3MjQ5JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAKFc9uV71I92mUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~)) for a conversation today. Here’s what we’re focusing on today: Overcoming the Pandemic [Has Trump Decided We Will Follow Sweden and Just Not Told Us? The president brings instability and confusion to a crisis. By Thomas L. 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