Emily Badger
New York Times writer covering urban policy for @UpshotNYT. Outdoor lover. emily.badger [at] nytimes.com
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Judges challenge DeSantis attorney about fairness of Amendment 4 bill
“Isn’t it punitive to say, ‘I will reinfranchise this group, but not reinfranchise this group?’” one judge asked.
Offering renters longer leases could improve their financial health and happiness
Expanding the use of longer-term leases could improve renters' stability and financial well-being.
Stop-and-frisk under Bloomberg led more NYC black students to drop out
"On the days in which my students were stopped and frisked, their whole day was affected," one teacher explained.
Emily Badger
"On the days in which my students were stopped and frisked, their whole day was affected.”
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WSJ News Exclusive | Bloomberg Bankrolls a Social-Media Army to Push Message
The effort is launching ahead of California’s March 3 primary and is one of the most unorthodox yet, blurring the lines between traditional campaign organizing and the distribution of sponsored content.
Emily Badger
Sometimes I wonder about the alternate universe where Bloomberg chose a moderate he thought was most viable and directed some of these resources their way instead
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Yes, Rich Cities Are Getting Richer. But That’s Not the Whole Story
Even with widening geographic inequality, economic activity is less concentrated in a few top metro areas than in the past.
Emily Badger
"Economically successful places in America have gotten bigger or richer but not both."
from @JedKolko
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Black Families Came to Chicago by the Thousands. Why Are They Leaving?
There is an exodus of African-Americans from Chicago. Hardis White, 78, is one of those who left, and three generations of his family wrestled with staying or going.
Where America’s Fight for Housing Is an All-Out War
Conor Dougherty’s “Golden Gates” examines the nation’s homeless problem through the battles over new development in San Francisco.
What Redlining Had to Do With the 2008 Financial Crisis
Comments about New Deal-era housing discrimination made by presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg echo a familiar narrative about minority homeowners.
Emily Badger
Good @kristoncapps read on the myth that irresponsible black homebuyers helped drive the housing crash
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What Being a Mayor Taught Pete Buttigieg
Some Democratic rivals question whether Buttigieg has the experience to be president. Some key episodes in South Bend show how he struggled, learned and grew as a leader.
Conor Dougherty - Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America — at The Wharf | Politics and Prose Bookstore
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Emily Badger
Hey look! An excerpt from @ConorDougherty's new book on the housing crisis! nytimes.com/2020/02/13/bus…
DC folks, read that, and then come join me for a book talk with Conor 2/24 at @politicsprose on the Wharf. We'll also be drinking afterward! politics-prose.com/event/book/con…
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A Luxury Apartment Rises in a Poor Neighborhood. What Happens Next?
Economists say rents would fall. Neighbors fear rents would rise. New research tries to find the answer.
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Emily Badger
We know that new housing can help lower rents at the metro level.
But we know surprisingly little about what happens at the *neighborhood scale.* And that’s where all the big fights are.
A look at some initial evidence
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Build Build Build Build Build Build Build Build Build
When California’s housing crisis slammed into a wealthy suburb, one public servant became a convert to a radically simple doctrine.
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Emily Badger
Hey look! An excerpt from @ConorDougherty's new book on the housing crisis! nytimes.com/2020/02/13/bus…
DC folks, read that, and then come join me for a book talk with Conor 2/24 at @politicsprose on the Wharf. We'll also be drinking afterward! politics-prose.com/event/book/con…
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The Climate Is More Important Than Medicare
The 2020 campaign is obsessed with the wrong issue.
Emily Badger
Rereading this @DLeonhardt column from the fall reminds me that I'd still like to know from each Dem candidate what one priority they'd name (or even who would admit that health care is not that priority)
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Homeless, They Searched for Steady Work. They Found It: Evicting Others.
As rents skyrocket, more homeless people are trying to find work, even if it means becoming part of the process that forces people out of their homes.
Emily Badger
.@thomasfuller finds a new sign of how far-reaching the homelessness crisis has become in California:
The evicted are doing the evicting.
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Young Men Embrace Gender Equality, but They Still Don’t Vacuum
New studies show traditional views persist about who does what at home, and it’s holding women back.
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Emily Badger
In lots of ways, younger men show increasing support for gender equality.
Which makes it weird that they split the chores at home about as equitably as their fathers did. nytimes.com/2020/02/11/ups… v. @clairecm pic.twitter.com/BjSOFmLESg
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Trump used a Philly student to push school choice. But she attends one of the city's best charters.
Fourth grader Janiyah Davis this fall began attending MaST III, part of a charter network that attracts thousands of applications for scarce numbers of seats.
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Emily Badger
I missed this strange story:
The 4th-grader Trump singled out in the SOTU bit on children "trapped in failing government schools" actually attends a coveted charter in Philadelphia.
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Trump’s Budget to Request More Wall Funding Amid Trillion-Dollar Deficits
The president’s final budget proposal of his first term will offer a blueprint for priorities if he wins re-election.
What’s So Great About Fake Roman Temples?
A spectacular campaign to elevate the design of federal buildings is under threat from small-minded classicists.