Urban Issues

If something approaching civil war occurs in the US, as many Americans now believe, the most immediate cause may be President Trump’s move to deport huge numbers of people  read more »

The strangest thing happened to me over the last few days. I stumbled on an analogy that I hadn’t considered as particularly relevant, but now discovering how relevant it really is.  read more »

Back in September, I wrote a piece that highlighted a notable but underestimated accomplishment in Chicago’s housing market.  read more »

Like many transit agencies, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (Muni) is facing a big budget deficit  read more »

I thought I was done with my own 2024 election introspection, but I’m not.  read more »

In the center of the American Sun Belt lies the eighth-largest economy in the world, home to nearly one out of 10 Americans.  read more »

On September 20^th Sound Transit published the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the proposed light rail extension to West Seattle.  read more »

In 2023 a total of more than 1.5 million residential building permits were issued in the United States, according to the Census Bureau.  read more »

For the last two centuries, one of the most important demographic trends has been the movement of people from rural areas to the cities.  read more »

No power on earth is more fearsome than a highly educated class that faces a constrained, even dismal, future.  read more »