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Why Are Republicans So Irrelevant In Big City Politics?

A little armchair political science among friends.

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October 2025

The Most Important Question on the New York City Ballot Isn’t About the Mayor

Vote "YES" on questions 2, 3, 4, and 5.

Oct 30 • 

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Everything You Need To Know About SB 79

…but were too afraid to read about in the actual bill.

Oct 12 • 

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Aaron Eckhouse

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June 2025

Your City Shouldn’t Exist

And neither should mine.

Jun 10 • 

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May 2025

How Proposition 13 Broke California Housing Politics

It’s not what you think.

May 7 • 

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April 2025

California’s Do-or-Die Legislative Session

Democrats Don’t Have Another Year to Dilly-Dally on Housing.

Apr 21 • 

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Ending Historic Preservation Abuse in Washington

Pro-Housing Bill of the Week: HB 1576 (Washington)

Apr 8 • 

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Emergent Guatemala City

A dispatch from North America’s most rapidly changing city.

Apr 6 • 

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Legalizing Starter Home Subdivisions in Texas

Pro-Housing Bill of the Week: SB 15 (Texas)

Apr 1 • 

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March 2025

The Invention of the “High-Cost” State

America Wasn't Always A Place of "Expensive" and "Affordable" States, Nor Does It Need To Be.

Mar 20 • 

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January 2025

The United States Doesn’t Have a Housing Crisis

It Has Three.

Jan 27 • 

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December 2024

Nashville's One Weird Trick for Reviving the Starter Home

It turns out that if you make it easy for local developers to build starter homes, they will build a lot of them.

Dec 10, 2024 • 

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