To Fix City Slums, Don’t Just Knock Them Down: Involve Residents in Upgrading Efforts
Adequate housing is a major challenge for 21st Century cities. Some answers may lie in the places where people already live. Maria Hart writes.
Free Thing of the Week: Home
A new release from Marwood Williams graces our pages for the Thing of the Week.
Trigger Warnings Don’t Help People Cope with Distressing Material
New research shows trigger warnings have no meaningful effects in psychological terms — except negative ones.
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Carmaggedon Does a No-Show in Seattle — Again
Critics love to cry Carmaggedon whenever a major road closes. But Carmaggedon never happens. Why? Joe Cortright on the case.
Hong Kong Activists Denounce Court Ban on ‘Violent’ Content as a Threat to Internet Freedom
Taking a page from the mainland China book, Hong Kong’s high court is trying to stop “violent” content online, but they’re really targeting protesters. Oiwan Lam writes.
Blame Over Justice: The Human Toll of the Navy’s Relentless Push to Punish One of Its Own
Navy Cmdr. Bryce Benson accepted responsibility for the deadly crash of the USS Fitzgerald and was told, “That’s done now.” But when another ship crashed, the Navy decided to charge him with murder. Megan Rose writes.
If Voting Is So Important, Why Aren’t Fair, Open, Verifiable Elections Important?
The lip service of democracy is silent when it comes to ensuring voting is fair and open. Why?
Should We Have Billionaires?
Behind the philosophical question of whether or not there should be billionaires, a more immediate question lurks. Dean Baker writes.
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