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equitable democracy+economy, environmental and racial justice, peace

[big_pedestrian @big_pedestrian]

Kids are cheap to insure. They get better. And if we give children a solid start we are going to get that money back in taxes as they become productive adults. This is an *amazing* idea. And it should go till 21 or 25.

[Gabriel Zucman @gabriel_zucman]

Now that the California billionaire tax is officially on the ballot this November, voters deserve logical arguments.

This guest essay in today’s New York Times, by two economists from the Hoover Institution, is based on a shocking logical mistake. 🧵

[Saad Asad @realsaadasad]

Reminder: You can be the change.

City of SD initially didn’t interpret many rapid bus stops as eligible for SB 79.

@YIMBYDemsSD, a volunteer group, argued those stops should be included and convinced the City punt interpretation to SANDAG, the regional planning agency.

The YIMBY Dems then took its argument to SANDAG w/ the help of @CMWhitburnD3 and pushed for them to include the bus stops.

And the they largely won!

Local advocates are what drives the YIMBY movement. Be the change for your region!

[Carlos Ramírez F. @CarlosRamirezF]

Cambio notorio y notable de la estructura poblacional de México 🇲🇽 en apenas 20 años.

La población entre 0 y 14 años pasó del 31.2% al 20.6%.

La población de 50 años y más pasó del 17% al 28.6%.

La transición apenas comienza.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

"In the end, American consumers paid $159 billion in temporary national sales taxes for which most will never be reimbursed a penny. And rather than those taxes being used by the federal government to, say, repave roads or build bridges, most of the money will instead provide corporate windfalls." https://t.co/gkdRAzPBz5

[Jarrett Walker @humantransit]

The sloppy work of @DominicJPino makes me feel good about having dropped my @washingtonpost subscription.

Remember: transit costs are all visible, but many costs of car-dependence are concealed in the cost of other things. So it’s easy rage about how expensive transit is. 1/

[Luis Martínez @Luis_MartinezRz]

SOLO UNA DE CADA 4 COLONIAS EN LA CDMX TIENE ACCESO AL METRO CAMINANDO.

El mundial se acerca y la movilidad en la CDMX será la más afectada ¿Cómo vamos a afrontarlo los capitalinos?

[Thomas Kennedy @tomaskenn]

You can’t build cohesive and functional public infrastructure and spaces with this guy’s worldview. It’s selfish, antisocial, and unworkable.

[Ramez Naam @ramez]

Everyone who cares about climate should understand this. Texas, with no pro-climate policies, has blown passed California in clean energy. In large part because Texas has less red tape and makes it easier to build.

[Hunter📈🌈📊 @StatisticUrban]

Economists mostly think noncompetes are bad policy. They suppress wages, weaken job market mobility and bargaining power, and reduce innovation.

Businesses and their lobbyists really like them. But as usual, listen to the economists, not the businesses.

[Canary Media @CanaryMediaInc]

When this rural Ohio county banned large-scale wind and solar projects, a group of residents quickly united to fight back.

Now, voters will decide whether the ban stays, or whether clean energy will have a chance.
https://t.co/I4Da6GFr9o

[Alicia, Courtyard Urbanist @UrbanCourtyard]

New social housing in Paris vs. new social housing in Chicago

The Paris social housing building was erected in 10 days using a mass timber kit, delivering six units and a community space at $170k/unit excluding land (but it was built on a 1000sqft lot, so land use was EFFICIENT)

The proposed Chicago project will be over $600k/unit, which is pretty low by recent Chicago social housing standards. Anyone's bet how many years it will take to finish.

[Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 @PollTracker2024]

NOTUS: Democratic Candidate Recruitment Is Booming, Even in Republican Districts

Democrats, hoping for a wave, are pushing candidates in state legislative districts that only recently went unchallenged.

https://t.co/XCZ7Z7T0cA

[elenoam @ElenoAM]

Los activistas del derecho a la vivienda te dirán que convertir 1,600 airbnbs en una de las colonias más caras de la CDMX crearía vivienda asequible, pero te negará que construir vivienda nueva en esas mismas colonias resolvería parte de la crisis habitacional.

[Rachel Cohen Booth @rcobooth]

NEW: Paid parental leave at the federal level is more within reach than most people realize. It's bipartisan, popular, and relatively cheap. Nearly every other country offers it as a standalone benefit — not bundled with sick leave and caregiving the way the U.S. keeps trying to do.

That all-in-one approach has been failing in Congress for 30+ years. Even where it's passed in blue states, too many parents are left out because it doesn't replace enough income and requires a recent work history to qualify.

Families across the country need this now. Democrats in particular need to let go of the idea that they only get one "bite at the apple" at passing leave. My story looks at the growing number of people saying this out loud.

I'm very conscious to be sharing this reporting two weeks into my son's life, on my own paid parental leave. (Thanks to @vox_union + @voxdotcom.) But only about one in four private-sector workers like me has access to this, and among the lowest-wage workers, virtually none do. We can change this.

Gift link: https://t.co/TrMpYo7Vjb

[JB Pritzker @JBPritzker]

People over parking lots.

There isn't enough housing being built in Illinois. Our BUILD Plan is working to fix that.

[James Medlock @jdcmedlock]

In 1936, Time Magazine had a cover story titled Marxist Mayor, where they praised Daniel Hoan as "one of the nation's ablest public servants" and wrote that under him Milwaukee had become "perhaps the best-governed city in the U.S."

[Mariana Mazzucato @MazzucatoM]

Outsourcing doesn't just cost more—it hollows out the public sector capabilities needed to deliver for people. When governments invest in their own skills, expertise and institutional knowledge, they can sense change, learn and adapt to serve communities better.

This is what we're measuring with @IIPP_UCL's Public Sector Capabilities Index: the dynamic capabilities governments need to navigate complexity and deliver transformation. [Links below]

[Chilango @ChilangoCom]

Un mapa revela la concentración de autos en CDMX y muestra que tres alcaldías tienen más coches que conductores, en una ciudad con más de 6.5 millones de vehículos. 🚗📊 https://t.co/s1ekGINIX0

[Families for Safe Streets National @Fam4SafeStreets]

California cities score uniquely terrible on "speed differential" a top risk factor for crashes and road fatalities highlighted in a recent report by Streetlight Data

https://t.co/eX32u61FHu