Originally posted by Latino Decisions. Happy New Year. It’s 2020 and a new decade dawns with what may be the most important presidential election in generations. During the holidays, my mind was on Texas and it occurred to me that
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Last year was the third year on record that transportation has led our country in emissions. Why aren’t we talking about it? he Transportation Research Board’s 99th Annual Meeting will be held in Washington, D.C. from Jan. 12-16, 2020. Click
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Big Gains, But Much More Needed After spending 2019 promoting my affordability solutions in Generation Priced Out: Who Gets to Live in the New Urban America, I believe progress is being made. Nationally, housing advocates did a super job getting
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Local Politicians Deny Housing Policy is Climate Policy The United Nations Emissions Gap Report found last week that “countries collectively failed to stop the growth in global GHG emissions, meaning that deeper and faster cuts are now required.” The report
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This piece first appeared in Streetsblog USA Researchers find that the framing of articles greatly affects public perceptions of vehicle violence. A new academic paper says that if reporters could shift away from victim-blaming news coverage, politicians would be forced
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On Veterans Day this year, in a nation now reflexively thankful for military service of all kinds, nearly 500,000 former service members are not included in our official expressions of gratitude. These forgotten men and women had the misfortune to
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Council Races Will Decide Who Gets to Live in These Cities “One of the most heartening region-wide developments, though, is the emergence of unapologetically pro-housing voices. It takes significant bravery to stick up for the greater good in the face
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Media Ignores How Activism Saved Brooklyn Navy Yard Wegman’s grocery store has come to Brooklyn. And according to the New York Times‘ always perceptive Ginia Bellafante, New Yorkers are “losing their minds.” I was unaware of Wegman’s until last week.
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