Defunct Newspapers Journals TV channels Websites Other Congressional caucuses Economics Gun rights Identity politics Nativist Religion Watchdog groups Youth/student groups Miscellaneous Other City Journal is a public policy magazine and website, published by the conservative Manhattan Institute for Policy Research think tank, that covers a range of topics on urban affairs, such as policing, education, housing, and other issues.

[2]: 349–350 During the early 2020s, City Journal has attracted widespread national attention for its role in elevating debates on critical race theory, LGBTQ+ topics in education, and similar issues in the United States.

In articles published by City Journal, Rufo has accused Seattle's Office of Civil Rights of "endorsing principles of segregationism, group-based guilt, and race essentialism";[6] highlighted Disney and Twitter workers who have been convicted of child sexual abuse;[7] suggested that there were significant levels of 'grooming' in public schools" while omitting that the study he cited concluded that the "vast majority" of American schools are safe;[7] accused a California curriculum designer of wanting to make children "chant to the gods Quetzalcoatl, Huitzilopochtli, and Xipe Totek"[8] —the State of California later paid $100,000 in legal fees and agreed to delete the Aztec god chants;[9][10] and compared the diversity training conducted by the city of Seattle to "cult programming".

[11] The journal's contributors include experts such as Senior Fellow Heather Mac Donald, Edward Glaeser, Steven Malanga, Nicole Gelinas, Kay Hymowitz, John Tierney, and Joel Kotkin.

[2]: 349  She has criticized multiple writers for City Journal for reviving a "relentlessly negative image of black cultural pathology to call for tougher measures to crack down on out-of-wedlock births", following articles praising Daniel P. Moynihan's The Negro Family: The Case For National Action.