Category: Politics
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I came across in incredible stat today. Apartments are banned in 76% of San Francisco. It’s no wonder that it’s the most expensive city in the United States. In fact, given increasingly restrictive zoning, 54% of the homes in San Francisco could not be built today! The picture in New…
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At 10am Eastern time today, Congress will be having its second hearing about the frenzy in GameStop Corp. shares that sent the stock up 1700% in January. This hearing is unlikely to affect the price of the stock much. Rather, it will dig into whether or not the trading system…
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I got an interesting message in my e-mail this morning. The NPR Planet Money newsletter reviewed the prior nearly ten years in legal marijuana in some states, and came to some interesting conclusions: What’s changed: More marijuana use Way more jobs Way more tax revenue. California makes over $600 million…
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The state of Texas lifted its mask mandate recently. As if this dangerous policy weren’t enough, it is now suing the city of Austin for choosing to keep a mandate and protect its citizens: The Attorney General for Texas is suing officials in Austin after they refused to enforce an…
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As many in Texas enter a fifth day without power in freezing temperatures, I searched for information on how such a disaster could’ve happened. I came upon some excellent perspective from Professor Daniel Cohan at Rice University: See the entire Twitter thread here. Very much worth reading. Not preparing the…
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It’s bigger than party. The Problem This all started when I had to renew my library card. I got an e-mail requesting a picture of a photo ID with my current address on it. I got my driver’s license and passport before I moved here two years ago, so I…
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+ Bureaucracy, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Government, New Jersey, New York, New York City, NJ, NYC, Vaccines+
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Today, Myanmar’s (deeply flawed) democracy fell today to a military coup: The coup follows a disputed election in November that Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party won by a landslide. The main opposition party, the army-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party, claimed the vote was marred by fraud. Myanmar’s…
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The AstraZeneca COVID vaccine is being manufactured today at a plant in Baltimore. This vaccine has been show to be between 62% and 90% effective at preventing symptomatic COVID. But despite those excellent results in trials in the UK, Brazil, India and South Africa, the US government plans to wait…
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+ Activism, AstraZeneca, Congress, Coronavirus, COVID Vaccine, COVID-19, FDA, News, Science, Vaccines+
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I recently subscribed to a newsletter from the journalist Matthew Yglesias that has turned out be outstanding. A message I received this morning really struck me. Yglesias argues that the best thing we can do for the poor, given that housing is their biggest expense, is to build housing like…
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+ Affordable housing, Construction, Development, Gentrification, Housing, Policy, Poverty, Real estate, Rent, YIMBY, Zoning+
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Tremendous 