Professor Emeritus, Urban Studies Cities, Affordable/Fair Housing, Urban Policy, Urban Political Economy, Community Development DET-> CHI->ATL->CHI and a few others in between Opinions my own.
So much blood on their hands. “Their 14-month-old daughter, Giovanni, was found crying beside her mother’s body in southern Guatemala. The child showed signs of dehydration and was taken to a medical center…”
Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportationsThe couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.www.stlpr.orgSeems bad. “…since President Trump returned to office, the Federal Transit Administration has not signed a single new agreement under the program, known as Capital Investment Grants. Large projects ready to enter the final phase of the program’s years long pipeline have stalled there.”
Congress Budgeted Billions for Big Transit Projects. Trump Isn’t Spending It. (Gift Article)“It’s hard to look at the last year and see anything other than a deliberate slowdown of these grants.”www.nytimes.comOf possible interest. And it’s open access. #AtlantaWay #CopCity journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Cop City in Wakanda: Racial Capitalism and Atlanta's Black Bourgeoisie - Tyeshia Redden, 2026Known as a “Black Mecca,” Atlanta, Georgia has been praised for its Black political leadership, historical significance, and rich cultural production. But in re...journals.sagepub.com
A century ago, white nationalists were saying the exact same things about Rep. Rulli's Italian ancestors -- they weren't white, they were criminals, they could never assimilate to "our" country
Aaron RuparRep. Michael Rulli on reports that ICE is preparing to mass deport of Haitians from Ohio: "Let's get them out of here. Let's get 'em all out of here, and let's start from the beginning."
I was saying to Julian that *this* DOJ might not care about the horrible conditions at an urban jail — but this is FULTON COUNTY GA, and Trump will relish coming down on them.
Julian BeneFulton County will be in a financial crisis very soon. The Jail can't remain unremedied much longer. Remedy will cost hundreds of millions a year. Letting the TADs expire would help fill the gap. But under-appraisal of commercial trophies & data centers plus their tax breaks wreck the tax base.
Fulton County will be in a financial crisis very soon. The Jail can't remain unremedied much longer. Remedy will cost hundreds of millions a year. Letting the TADs expire would help fill the gap. But under-appraisal of commercial trophies & data centers plus their tax breaks wreck the tax base.
Sure. www.linkedin.com/pulse/austin...
Austin Is Cutting the Organizations That Prevent Crises—Then Paying More to Respond to ThemOver the past weeks, there has been a very public and open debate about the value of our social sector in Central Texas. You can read some of the background in the Austin Current here and The Austin C...www.linkedin.comSecond story today (the other one was about Austin) about boomtown cities having financial problems due to granting excessive subsidies. Another story of a #RedHotCity and #FauxAusterity #SubsidyInjustice. finance.yahoo.com/economy/poli...?
Jersey City Shadowed by 15% Tax Hike as Boomtown Faces Reckoning(Bloomberg) -- After decades of drawing in tens of thousands of new residents as gleaming apartment towers rose near the Hudson River waterfront across from Manhattan, Jersey City has suddenly found i...finance.yahoo.comSecond story today (the other one was about Austin) about boomtown cities having financial problems due to granting excessive subsidies. Another story of a #RedHotCity and #FauxAusterity #SubsidyInjustice. finance.yahoo.com/economy/poli...?
Jersey City Shadowed by 15% Tax Hike as Boomtown Faces Reckoning(Bloomberg) -- After decades of drawing in tens of thousands of new residents as gleaming apartment towers rose near the Hudson River waterfront across from Manhattan, Jersey City has suddenly found i...finance.yahoo.com
A dark money campaign is offering influencers $1,500 per post to attack Abdul El-Sayed and support Haley Stevens. Same exact dollar figure that was paid to attack @katmabu.bsky.social (Nobody ever found out who was paying for that campaign.) Gross, lazy and above all cynical shit.
Secret paid influencer campaign backing Stevens floods Michigan Senate raceRep. Haley Stevens and the Senate Democratic PAC said they were not involved in the effort to pay for user-generated content endorsing her.www.ms.now
