CEPR, Dean Baker, November 27, 2023 The whole subsidy to retiree story is a diversion from the many important issues facing the country. Even the core idea, that we don’t adequately support the young because we give too much to the elderly is wrong. As a Thanksgiving present to readers, Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell decided […]
Center For Health an Democracy, Wendell Potter, November 27, 2023
The Gothamist, Karen Yi, Nov 23, 2023 About half of New York City families with children were worried they’d run out of food last year before having money to buy more, according to a new report by Robin Hood. The annual poverty tracker found 43% of families experienced food hardship in 2022, a 10% increase from […]
The Gothamist, Ramsey Khalifeh, Nov 21, 2023 Cute pandas will save the city’s economy – and ease tensions between the United States and China, local billionaire John Catsimatidis declared during a bizarre press conference on Tuesday. “New York is in deep doo-doo right now. We need tourism, we need people to come to New York,” […]
The Gothamist, Elizabeth Kim, Nov 16, 2023 Mayor Eric Adams’ office on Thursday announced a wide array of cuts that would significantly erode essential services for many New Yorkers, including libraries, summer school, policing and sanitation. The news did not come as a surprise. Adams has spent months bracing taxpayers for deep cuts that he […]
JACOBIN, Sara Wexler, November 15, 2023 Last month, nearly 600 private sector doctors and other health care providers in Minnesota and Wisconsin voted to unionize — likely the biggest union of private sector doctors in the US. We talked to some of them about why. An interview with Beth Gunhus, Cora Walsh, Matt Hoffman and […]
The Gothamist, Arya Sundaram, Nov 13, 2023 The Adams administration, looking to free up space in the city’s beleaguered shelter system, will begin sending notices Monday to single adult migrants in Department of Homeless Services accommodations directing them to leave within 30 days, City Hall confirmed to Gothamist. The new round of 30-day notices is […]
Route Fifty, Molly Bolan, November 14, 2023 Like many states, Colorado is navigating a serious shortage of affordable housing. It ranks as one of the least affordable states in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report. Fed up, voters last year approved a ballot measure that looks to address the shortage and help local […]
The Gothamist, Rosemary Misdary, Nov 12, 2023 After New York City’s Department of Buildings held a hearing two weeks ago on the enforcement of a major climate law impacting large buildings and their use of fossil fuels, several readers contacted Gothamist with a simple question: How do I get rid of my gas stove? Gas stoves are known to […]
Mr. Barkan campaigned for Medicare for all while struggling with A.L.S., the terminal neurodegenerative disease. THE NEW YORK TIMES, Mike Ives, November 7, 2023 Ady Barkan, a well-known activist who campaigned for Medicare for all while struggling with the neurodegenerative disease A.L.S., died on Wednesday in Santa Barbara, Calif. He was 39. His death, at […]