Media
The Capitol Riot Explained
The video provides a comprehensive, nuanced analysis of the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot, dissecting what happened, who participated, why it occurred, and its…
Blog
Housing
Document Local Housing Conditions
Good local decisions need good local facts. Residents can gather some of them carefully and ethically.
Cost of Living
Advocate for Clearer Local Cost Data
You can't fix what nobody measures. Residents can ask local institutions to publish usable information about costs and help.
Corporate Power
What Market Concentration Means
Market concentration is not just an abstract economic metric; it is a measure of power.
Social Safety Net
Why Programs Still Leave Gaps
Despite decades of effort and billions of dollars in spending, the U.S.
Income
What Shared Prosperity Used to Look Like
It’s easy to think of the post-war economic boom as a golden age of nostalgia, but the mechanics of that era offer a clear…
Jobs
The Geography of Opportunity
In many American cities, there is a profound spatial mismatch between where the jobs are and where the workers live.
Media
Socialism for Absolute Beginners
This video explores the meaning of socialism, addressing common misconceptions and contextualizing socialism within historical and modern economic frameworks. It begins by acknowledging the…
Politics
How the Parties Sorted
For much of the 20th century, each major party was a coalition of people who disagreed with one another.
Housing
Zoning and Local Approval Processes
Zoning is the invisible architecture of American cities.
Cost of Living
Why National Averages Mislead
If Bill Gates walks into a bar, everyone in the bar becomes a millionaire on average.
Social Safety Net
What the Data Do and Do Not Show
Measuring the success of the social safety net is notoriously difficult, and the data we do have often tells an incomplete story.