In broadband and other areas, the corporate dominance that has been an impediment to progress emerges unscathed.
Infrastructure, Housing & Transportation
Posted inHousing and Transportation
Infrastructure Summer: The Bipartisan Bill Is Step One of Many
Democrats might get hung up on the very next step, the budget resolution for the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Infrastructure Summer: Amtrak Victorious
The much-maligned rail operator gets some respect and more than a few billion in banknotes out of the bruising infrastructure battle.
Posted inWorking in America
Reaching the End of the PATCO Era?
Forty years after Ronald Reagan made union busting a national norm, labor has a shot at rebuilding worker power.
Posted inHousing
The Eviction Crisis Is a Rental Assistance Crisis
A law designed not to work has put millions at risk of losing their homes.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Beware Wall Street Democrats Calling for Austerity
We’ve heard this siren song before. Whose interests are they articulating?
Posted inBuilding Back America
Infrastructure Summer: In Bipartisan Bill, States Must Consider Private Financing for Major Transit Projects
A provision in the latest deal would require cities and states building transit to commission a study, usually conducted by management consultants, giving private finance ‘a fair shot.’
Posted inBuilding Back America
Infrastructure Summer: Public Transit Gets Funded—for Now
The infrastructure deal won’t dissuade the GOP from looking for new ways to defund public transportation.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Infrastructure Summer: One Deal Forward, One Deal Back
The same day the bipartisan bill advances in the Senate, one of its key architects throws cold water on the reconciliation companion.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Here Comes the Rain Again
Will Lake Charles, Louisiana, become America’s latest climate sacrifice?
