How the popular matching company facilitates landlord conversion of entire rental buildings to de facto hotels.
Cities & Communities
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Can Campaign Finance Be Reformed From the Bottom Up?
Despite hostile courts, can our campaign-finance system be reformed from the bottom up?
Posted inEconomic Policy
How the Bronx Came Back (But Didn’t Bring Everyone Along)
The New York borough that once symbolized urban decline is safer and more stable—but most Bronxites’ lives are still precarious.
Posted inWorking in America
An Uber Union?
Last Friday, the Seattle City Council finance committee voted unanimously to advance a bill that would allow drivers for companies like Lyft and Uber to form a union. The final vote has yet to be scheduled, but if the proposed legislation were to become law, it would be the first of its kind in the […]
Posted inEconomic Policy
Hedge Funds: The Ultimate Absentee Landlords (Fall Preview)
How Wall Street capitalized on the foreclosure crisis to become the nation’s largest owner of single-family homes.
Posted inEducation in America
School Choice and the Chaotic State of Racial Desegregation
Why no one can say for sure if some school districts are still under federal desegregation order.
Posted inWorking in America
It’s Not Just Uber: Why the Taxi Industry Needs an Overhaul
Many of the abuses Uber drivers face are standard practice for traditional cab companies.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Fair Housing Failure—Where Even the Liberal North Whistles Dixie
The Obama administration’s new fair housing rules are the strongest in decades, but may not mean much without meaningful enforcement.
Posted inWorking in America
Urban Policing, Without Brutality
Cincinnati has emerged as a role model of policing reform—but even the best-in-show has a long way to go.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Why Don’t Settlements Over Brutality Come Out of Police Budgets?
New York City’s recent $5.9 million settlement with the family of Eric Garner leaves the NYPD’s budget unscathed.
