Cities can promote green energy and local deliberations—what they need is more federal resources.
Cities & Communities
Posted inGreen New Deal
A Green New Deal for Oakland
How a progressive climate vision might help my hometown
Posted inEconomic Policy
Baltimore Leads a City-Based Movement for Water Justice
The city is close to passing a bill that would cap water rates for low-income residents and help them out of water debt.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trump’s Bank Regulators Open the Door to More Predatory Lending
A new proposed rule would allow ‘rent-a-bank’ schemes that could permit unlimited interest rates on loans as long as they come via a chartered bank.
Posted inPolitics
Swing County, Swing State
Erie—a struggling corner of Pennsylvania’s struggling economy—appears to be back in the Democratic column, but how can we be sure?
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Colorado Fails on Schools, Transportation Funding
Voters reject a constitutional amendment that would have ended tax refunds for state residents and re-directed those dollars to sectors in need of a fiscal infusion.
Posted inPolitics
Colorado May Be Cool, but Its Roads and Schools Are Meh
Voters can’t fathom why a booming state doesn’t have great highways, transit, and public education—and in November, they’ll have a chance to fix them.
Posted inHousing
Public Housing Is Going Private, and It’s Congress’s Fault
HUD has turned to the private market for money that legislators won’t provide.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Amazon’s Battle in Seattle Is a Fight Against Worker Power
The e-commerce giant has dropped $1.45 million to buy the Seattle City Council and blunt a vibrant working-class movement.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Seattle’s Biggest Corporations Try to Buy the City Council
Led by Amazon, which has poured $1.4 million into defeating socialist and progressive candidates, the city’s corporate sector wants to stop dead any talk of higher taxes funding public services.
