The Potential Loser in the Uber-Didi “Win-Win”

10 years ago

(Hint: It’s Not Just the Anti-Uber Alliance) ber’s decision in late July to sell its Chinese operations to long-time rival…

Palo Alto Officials and Candidates for Higher Office Respond to Kate Downing

10 years ago

August 10, following a series of years in which the average home price in Palo Alto doubled to $2.5 million, attorney Kate Vershov…

Palo Alto’s Mayor on Kate Downing, Housing, and the Bay Area’s “Gluttony for Job Growth”

10 years ago

The Zillow Home Value index reports that the median home value in Palo Alto has doubled to $2.5 million since 2012. Last…

The Shame of Palo Alto: an Interview with Kate Downing on Affordable Housing

10 years ago

In the past three years, the median home value in Palo Alto has more than doubled from $1.25 million to over $2.5 million,…

Create a System of Federal Universities

10 years ago

olitics is often depressingly free of policy substance, but that is not an excuse to stop discussing new, bold proposals.…

Brexit is a Question Mark, Not a Period

10 years ago

June 24, the British people gave their verdict on the issue that has consumed their politics for months, and voted…

Who Wins When We Incarcerate Brock Turner?

10 years ago

Includes graphic descriptions of sexual assault, sexual violence, and rape. *** rock Turner, the ex-Stanford student convicted of three counts…

Season Finale with Cory Booker

10 years ago

In the final episode of the season, Ruairí and Lucas give a rundown of the Brock Turner controversy and a…

“He…She…Whatever…”

10 years ago

hen Ben Jealous, former president and CEO of the NAACP, answered my question about Black trans lives last week at…

King Coal’s Last Gasp, Trump, and the White Working Class

10 years ago

 1964, at the height of the power of the American left, Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson stood before Congress and declared an…