Emily Badger
New York Times writer covering urban policy for @UpshotNYT. Outdoor lover. emily.badger [at] nytimes.com
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An Enduring Commitment to the Law School and its Students | University of Chicago Law School
Every Thanksgiving for nearly 50 years, Richard Badger, ’68, has invited all of the Law School’s LLM students to his Hyde Park home for dinner.
Emily Badger
Pretty proud of this guy
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She Beat Cancer. Now, She’s in Another Fight for Her Life.
Twenty Americans die each day waiting for organs. Here’s how to change that.
How Medicine Became the Stealth Family-Friendly Profession
Female doctors are more likely than other professionals to have children and keep working. The reasons offer lessons for other jobs.
Emily Badger
Female doctors are likelier than women with law degrees, business degrees or doctorates to have children. They’re also much less likely to stop working when they do.
Always fascinating @clairecm
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Eliminating Exclusionary Land Use Regulations Should Be the Civil Rights Issue of Our Time | Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University
Eliminating Exclusionary Land Use Regulations Should Be the Civil Rights Issue of Our Time Evidence is accumulating that the multiple layers of exclusionary zoning and land use controls are a powerful contributor not just to
Trump’s Rollback of Auto Pollution Rules Shows Signs of Disarray
Emily Badger
Trump wants to roll back stricter Obama-era auto emissions standards. Major automakers + California plan to ignore him
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What Do Rally Playlists Say About the Candidates?
Presidential campaigns have a sound. We analyzed the playlists of 10 presidential candidates to see how the songs align with their core message.
Who’s to Blame When Algorithms Discriminate?
A proposed rule from HUD would make it harder to hold people accountable for subtler forms of discrimination.
Emily Badger
How do you prove discrimination -- and hold anyone accountable -- when the evidence of it is more likely to be seen in algorithms or government data than on a for-rent sign?
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Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of "Out of Reach"
This year marks the 30th anniversary of "Out of Reach," a report published annually by the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC). NLIHC chairs and leads the Opportunity Starts at Home campaig
How the Recession of 2020 Could Happen
The freeze-up in business confidence, caused in part by the trade war, could wind up affecting consumer confidence.
Why the U.S. Has Long Resisted Universal Child Care
Americans still aren’t in agreement that mothers should work at all.
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Emily Badger
"In the United States, the resistance to public child care has never been mainly about economics. It has been rooted in a moral argument."
via @clairecm
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How One City Saved $5 Million by Routing School Buses with an Algorithm
The Boston Public School District held a contest to determine the best solution for busing around 25,000 students to school every day. The winning algorithm improved the efficiency of the routes in 30 minutes.
Global Economic Trouble Is Brewing, and the Trade War Is Only Part of It
A clear signal from the bond market that investors are pessimistic about the economy’s longer-term prospects.
Emily Badger
"It's really about the widening schism between the world’s two largest economies — one that cannot be reversed with a concession on tariffs by the president or with some soybean purchases by the Chinese." nytimes.com/2019/08/14/ups… v. @Neil_Irwin
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A Boom Time for the Bunker Business and Doomsday Capitalists
Personalized disaster prep has grown into a multimillion-dollar business, fueled by a seemingly endless stream of new and revamped threats.
U.S. to Delay Some Tariffs on China
The office of the United States trade representative said it would push off imposing new tariffs on cellphones, laptop computers, toys and other goods until Dec. 15.
Much-needed Tenderloin housing makes architectural splash - after an 11-year wait
The nine-story building with 113 affordable apartments is jaunty and earnest at once, with brick walls and inviting storefronts that already have tenants including a grocer specializing in fresh produce. Too bad it took 11 years to summon the...
These 3 Cities Are Destinations for Democrats. They’re Not in Iowa.
Senator Cory Booker detoured from early-voting states to hold rallies this month in Detroit, Philadelphia and Milwaukee, where turnout will be essential to Democrats winning back key states in 2020.
Emily Badger
“A Democratic victory flows through cities like this.”
Why Milwaukee, Detroit and Philadelphia -- not just Iowa and NH -- are getting attention from presidential candidates: nytimes.com/2019/08/13/us/… v. @NYTnickc
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Trump Rule Targets Legal Immigrants Who Rely on Food Stamps and Other Aid
A new rule is part of a sweeping policy aimed to narrow the demographic of people who come to live and work in the United States.
Emily Badger
The Trump administration published the new public charge rule this am in the federal register with this disclaimer:
"While some commenters provided support for the rule, the vast majority of commenters opposed the rule.”
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Summer in the City Is Hot, but Some Neighborhoods Suffer More
New research shows that summer temperatures can vary as much as 20 degrees across different parts of a city, with poor and minority neighborhoods often bearing the brunt.
Emily Badger
Temperatures on a hot day can vary as much as 20 degrees across neighborhoods in the same city.
And guess who tends to be hit hardest by the urban heat island effect?
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Higher Prices Threaten Silicon Valley's Mobility Revolution
'I'm back to my own bike,' says one rider
Emily Badger
“The amount that venture capitalists are subsidizing people’s lives right now is much higher than people realized.”
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Are You Rich? This Income-Rank Quiz Might Change How You See Yourself
Five questions to help you compare yourself to your neighbors. (For Americans only.)
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@UpshotNYT The wealth edition is also very revealing:
nytimes.com/interactive/20… pic.twitter.com/upRQFvPvrV
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Belatedly (after vacation), this @UpshotNYT income rank quiz is brilliant.
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
A whole lot of very high-earning people think their incomes are "average"! pic.twitter.com/0qfDdKb3oV
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