Governor Gavin Newsom decides to slow down what could have been one of the country’s most transformative transportation infrastructure projects.
Housing and Transportation
Read about affordable housing; access to transportation; roadways; bridges and tunnels; crumbling infrastructure; railroads; Amtrak; trucking; interstate highway system; science and technology; land use;
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Amazon and America’s Real Divide
The company’s HQ2 will only widen the growing inequality of place.
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Challenges to Corporate Power Are on the BallotÂ
Voters in several states consider initiatives on progressive measures that major corporations are working hard to defeat.
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Rough Roads Ahead if California Voters Repeal Their Gas Tax
Beyond jeopardizing road repairs and mass transit, Prop. 6 would strike at the very nature of governance itself in the Golden State.
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Hurricane Sandy and the Inequalities of Resilience in New York
With the recovery from Hurricane Florence gearing up in the Carolinas, the post-Sandy experiences of one section of New York provide important clues about how low-income residents and people of color fare after natural disasters.
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California Gears Up for a Gas Tax Clash
The Golden State is often a harbinger of trends to come, such as recently passed fuel taxes and vehicle fees to finance long-overdue local and state transportation projects. But these are now imperiled by an anti-tax ballot initiative.Â
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Closing the New Affordable Housing Gaps
Low-income housing tax credits survived the Republicans’ draconian tax overhaul, but a lower corporate tax rate means investors have lost their appetite for the tax breaks that have helped build many of the country’s affordable housing projects.
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If He Can’t Build His Wall, Trump Won’t Build Anything Else
A West Virginia rally and an upcoming New Jersey event demonstrate again how Trump bamboozled America on one of his signature promises.
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Los Angeles Artists Reinvent Their Roles in Gentrifying Communities
Poor and working-class neighborhoods often view new art galleries as heralds of gentrification—but some artists have joined with residents to fight displacements and other disruptions.
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Linking Commuter Rail to Jobs, Housing, and Opportunity in Eastern Massachusetts
Developers have a laser-like focus on projects in Boston and its inner suburbs while ignoring the rich potential of smaller cities that have decades-old rail connections to the state capital.
