Sunday Video: Tourists Love ‘Live Like A Local’ Travel. Do Locals?
https://youtu.be/8BGABFTKHpM
Touristification on Lisbon has been swift, leaving many locals to wonder how they fit in with the city. With the global rise of tourism,...
Sound Transit Fare Enforcement Hits People of Color Hardest, Revised Process Under Review
Fare enforcement policies administered by Sound Transit have only been slightly altered, albeit temporarily, despite serious concern by some Sound Transit boardmembers. A briefing...
Sunday Video: Why The US Drinking Age Is 21
https://youtu.be/9aWYJugVTs4
Why America has a universal minimum legal drinking age is due to roads, Vox explains.
Midweek Video: How Eminent Domain Destroys Neighborhoods
https://youtu.be/w0cCF2pG13U
From time to time, eminent domain in American has been used in unwise and unjust ways to demolish and remake neighborhoods. In this video,...
Sunday Video: The Buildings “Model Cities” Built
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twnBo5nqUzI&t=1166s
Model Cities is a little known chapter in our urban history. It was part of LBJ's War on Poverty, and was the last gasp...
Fare Enforcement on First Day of School Reinforces Need for Reform
Sound Transit stepped in it on the first day of school last week.
Despite widely cheered plans to provide free transit passes to high school...
Sunday Video: Why Your Public Transportation Sucks
https://youtu.be/1Z1KLpf_7tU
Hasan Minhaj explains why the state of American public transportation is threatened and leaves a lot to desire.
Sunday Video: How Norway Designed a More Humane Prison
https://youtu.be/5v13wrVEQ2M
Prisons in America are usually designed for efficiency and to reinforce punishment by design, but their outcomes are often very poor for inmates and...