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New High-End (“Luxury”) Housing Construction Really Does Help Everyone

“A new rung at the top of the housing ladder permits people lower down to climb…
The 8 Stages of Right-Wing Climate Change Denial

I wrote this in 2014(!) and it’s still true. The only change I would make is…
Most of Our Best Neighborhoods Would Be Illegal Today

[Pictured: A block of Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island.] Did you enjoy the book “Abundance”…
The Real Story of How LA Became the Epicenter of the Homeless Crisis

Someone finally wrote the definitive longform piece about exactly how the Los Angeles area became the…
Equality In Law Is Not Equality in Practice

I wrote this in 2017, during the rise of #BlackLivesMatter, and it remains true today. ====…

New High-End (“Luxury”) Housing Construction Really Does Help Everyone