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"Why do many of us drive dangerously on the roads? Because we think we can get away with it. And guess what — we probably can right now in many places in the country."
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For a brief pandemic moment, we had a robust social safety net. It didn’t last. But there are signs that it may have changed the appetite for government support for its citizens for the future. w
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this appears to be the lowest unemployment rate for Black workers on record
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Yesterday, ’s Twitter labeled NPR “state-affiliated media,” even though the company’s own policy stated the organization shouldn’t be labeled as such because it has editorial independence (left).
Hours later, Twitter removed the reference to NPR in the policy (right).
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A bit of evidence from new census data in Manhattan that while many people don't want to work downtown(ish) anymore, others still want to live there:
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So far, in this hearing, Republican members have:
- Called D.C. schools "inmate factories."
- Said D.C. wants to charge people up to 25 years old as minors. (Not true.)
- Said crime is higher than ever. (Not true.)
- Asked about the revised criminal code they overturned.
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The idea that bike lanes and traffic calming worsen public safety is so wrong. (And only makes sense if your conception of public safety excludes road fatalities.)
OTOH, drive-by shootings in DC happen on roads like Florida Ave. that promise a high-speed getaway out of town.
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Foxx asks what impact bike lanes and other traffic-calming measures have had on public safety issues.
"It makes it much more difficult for emergency vehicles to get through those areas," says Pemberton.
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"This psychological tax of inflation is real, and lingering, even as headline data show that actual growth in prices is moderating from last year’s historic highs."
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Have you moved metros for cheaper housing, closer families ties, a better job?
Help us understand recent migration patterns:
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“Last week, SVB’s greatest strength — its interconnected community of customers — became a double-edged sword.” Great reporting on the tightly networked world of SV and its bank by via
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"Vallas and Johnson identify as Democrats ,but the distance between them is longer than a Chicago winter."
Read on the Chicago mayoral race:
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From our reporting on office-to-residential conversions, and I had some leftover things we wanted to say about... Vermeer: nytimes.com/2023/03/17/ups
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Good read explaining the culture of retirement in France that many Americans might find foreign:
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Black voters in Chicago are torn over which mayoral candidate to support — and which vision of policing offers the most promise of reducing crime without victimizing Black neighborhoods. Via
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This project on converting offices to housing changed how and I look at the buildings around us — and we hope it does that for you, too:
(with gift link)
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So you want to turn an office building into housing?
Let's dig into how that actually works, and why older buildings are much easier to convert.
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Fantastic illustration by of what you'd actually have to do to balance the federal budget:
nytimes.com/interactive/20
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The number of people labeled "managers" has been growing much faster than the number of workers overall, and that accelerated during the pandemic. One reason: It's a way for employers to avoid paying workers overtime.
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The Biden Administration is attaching child care requirements to companies that want in on big federal semiconducter subsidies: nytimes.com/2023/02/27/us/ via
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DCHA habitually overpays for voucher units, wasting money that could be spent helping more poor families while creating a market slumlords happily flock to.
Good WaPo investigation:
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"As local safety nets shriveled, the library roof magically expanded from umbrella to tarp to circus tent to airplane hangar."
love, love this package on the evolving American public library:
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Miffed homeowner in tony Silicon Valley suburb exacts revenge by leveraging a little-used state law to build 15 apartments + 5 townhomes on his land.
Amazing story:
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Urban Democrats roll the dice, “with big bets on behalf of traditionally marginalized, vulnerable populations in light of the pandemic, government can meet this moment.” A look at Chicago & Cook County's guaranteed basic income pilots, the biggest so far.
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In America, babies born to the richest white mothers are the least healthy—yet most likely to survive.
Babies born to rich Black mothers are less likely to survive even than those born to poor white mothers.
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This is smart from on why the construction industry has become *less* productive as so many other corners of the economy have become more productive:
nytimes.com/2023/02/05/opi
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Really good story on why Black families are leaving New York City, and everything -- jobs, schools, neighborhoods -- affected by that exodus: nytimes.com/2023/01/31/nyr v. + Nicole Hong
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Great story on a Colorado River fight that shows "how climate change is overwhelming the foundations of American life — not only physical infrastructure, like dams and reservoirs, but also the legal underpinnings that have made those systems work."
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so much interesting stuff in this story about how the tech industry has looked at the world all wrong!
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My gripes may be extremely DC-rowhouse-specific but it really feels like no one is trying to sell a home in the city to a family (exceptions for families with one baby in a crib).
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A related peeve: why would you take all that square footage that could be used to RAISE A CHILD and instead devote it to an ENORMOUS PRIMARY BATH SUITE WITH SOAKING TUB?
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what if I don’t want a home that’s "good for entertaining" but one that’s "good for accommodating kids and all their junk"?
could someone write a home listing for me?
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Incredible generational shift:
In 1997, 43% of 16 year olds had their driver’s license. By 2020, it was just 25%.
Even by age 24, 1 in 5 today don’t have a driver’s license
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Son just claimed that "town planning" was once an olympic sport & we told him to stop lying but turns out he's right
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Another interesting consequence of remote work that it may make tech cos quickly forget a lot of their ambition to shape the real world, too...
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