State and local governments will decide if the infrastructure package makes climate change better or worse.
Cities & Communities
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Modern-Day Company Towns of Arkansas
Fortune 100 giants Tyson Foods and Walmart have heavy influence over two cities within 20 miles of one another, tucked into the northwest corner of the state.
Posted inHousing
Why We Need Social Housing
What Medicare for All is for health care, social housing is for shelter.
Posted inTransportation
Opting Out of Mass Transit?
Systems are surviving hybrid work schedules, but personal and fleet safety issues also influence the transit options that riders use—or desert.
Posted inLaw and Justice
How Much Will the Abortion Police State Cost?
In addition to the obliteration of privacy and criminalization of women’s health, it’s a waste of money.
Posted inPolitics
Why the Spin on the California Primaries Is Largely Wrong
Today on TAP: It’s not so much the crime as the homelessness.
Posted inHousing
City Limits
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s bold plans for affordable housing run into old-school politics, perverse regulations, and limited home rule.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Why Are Police So Bad at Their Jobs?
It’s not just Uvalde. Cops nationwide can’t stop crimes from happening or solve them once they’ve occurred.
Posted inPolitics
Heidi Heitkamp Lobbies Against a Democratic FCC
The former Democratic senator is running misleading ads claiming that FCC nominee Gigi Sohn would be bad for rural America.
