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On the child care "cliff"
How can we talk about real stakes and threats without resorting to overly calamitous language and dubious statistics?
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If a person sleeping outside turns down a shelter bed, what should be done?
I have one more new story to share, published today. It’s about a community grappling with new and growing homeless tent encampments (as so many cities…
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HUD takes a real step forward on testing vouchers as cash
A Q&A on new book on public education, a story about unions + YIMBYs in California, and current spin from anti-abortion activists
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August 2023
July 2023
Limiting background checks on rental applications? + a big new study on homelessness
Plus a Q&A with Oregon's governor Tina Kotek about housing
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June 2023
Vermont's leadership on childcare, the court decision shaping homeless debates in America
and why 12-week abortion bans are not like European restrictions
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May 2023
Independent voters and abortion rights
A look at "good cause" eviction laws, and the push to weaken child labor laws
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April 2023
let's make it easier for families with kids to live in cities
and what is the 'child care crisis', exactly?
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Mifepristone after Friday's two federal court decisions
What we know. And a quick recap of Florida + Wisconsin.
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March 2023
If a law is blocked by a court, is it possible to break it?
The little-noticed legal debate further undermining abortion access
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"Jobs don't require college degrees. Employers do."
(Also, The Daily Show ran a segment on afterschool 😲!)
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2 new stories about housing
Our housing supply shortage and the debate over tent encampments
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