For decades, wealthy owners and financiers have gotten cities to pay for their sports stadiums. It’s not so easy anymore.
Cities & Communities
Posted inHousing
California Voters Revisit Statewide Rent Control Law
The housing crisis puts the Costa-Hawkins Act under the microscope for the third time in six years.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Could a Trump Dictatorship Be Resisted?
If he is the next president, we could see civil disobedience on an unprecedented scale. Better to keep him out of the White House in the first place.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Unknown Toll of the AI Takeover
As artificial intelligence guzzles water supplies and jacks up consumers’ electricity rates, why isn’t anyone tracking the resources being consumed?
Posted inEducation in America
A Small-Town Texas Librarian’s Big Stand Against Book Bans
In Llano County, a local librarian fought back against censorship, prompting a federal court fight and national recognition but losing the job of her dreams.
Posted inLaw and Justice
SCOTUS Rules on Homelessness as DOJ Reveals a War on the Poor
The Supreme Court’s coming decision on homelessness will exacerbate a new, growing problem.
Posted inThe Good Life
Locating Ourselves in the Wreckage of Neoliberalism
Democracy Schools and other community listening sessions can bring together people of different experiences around common themes.
Posted inTransportation
Pick Your Own Political Nightmare, New York Edition
Gov. Kathy Hochul broke congestion pricing and now she owns it.
Posted inLaw and Justice
New Laws Are Turning Police Into ‘Supercitizens’
A series of legislative and judicial efforts have removed police oversight from oversight boards and communities.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Steward Health Care’s Latest Fantasy Story
Why the bankrupt chain’s numbers don’t add up