As extreme weather events become more frequent and severe, communities across the US are already seeing population shifts. @smartgrowthusa.bsky.social report offers an actionable framework for building places where everyone can thrive. See the report ⤵️ www.smartgrowthamerica.org/knowledge-hu...

LGBTQ people are again treated as second-class citizens in health science and research. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/h...

"In 2020, [Portland, OR] approved building [middle housing] on lots zoned for single family homes... A new report from the City says, it's working. 1,400 new units built in just a few years and each one is $300,000 less expensive than a typical single family home." @nbcnews.com

A couple weeks ago, I saw Fault Lines, a powerful new doc on the housing crisis. It’s a reminder that while the causes may seem complex, the solution is clear: we need to build more housing—and remove the barriers that stand in the way. Everyone should check it out! youtu.be/VpvIISyaRLA

Growing up gay in America is literal satire. What a great piece in @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/o...

To End Car Dependency, We Must Change Who Has A Seat At the Table In a guest post, @nondriver.bsky.social says our transit systems should be shaped by people who actually use them. publicola.com/2025/03/14/t...

I find it hard to believe that regular Americans see govt agencies like the EPA as the boogey man. Removing protections for public health has to be broadly concerning and unpopular, no? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/c...

Minimum parking requirements destroy our communities. 🖼️ @parkingreform.org

EPA wants to: —Overturn limits on soot from smokestacks & restrictions on emissions of mercury —Eliminate protection of poor, minority communities —No longer consider costs to society from wildfires, droughts, storms that might be made worse by pollution —Erase authority to regulate greenhouse gases

the EPA wants to poison you HUD wants to make you homeless the department of education wants you to be dumb what in the everloving f*ck is going on right now

“When you see important societal actors — be it university presidents, media outlets, C.E.O.s, mayors, governors — changing their behavior in order to avoid the wrath of the government, that’s a sign that we’ve crossed the line into some form of authoritarianism” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...

I attended a crisis communications training yesterday. One of the speakers left me with a nugget that has been playing in my head since I heard it, and seems particularly important to the moment we're in: To change the narrative, you have to narrate the change.

“Over the past month Mr. Trump and his allies have embarked on an expansive crackdown on free expression and disfavored speakers that should be decried not just as hypocritical but also as un-American and unconstitutional.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...

I would love my morning new TikTok style. Give me the top 10 headlines accompanied by a minute or two of content each. 👌

Only one in five people view DEIA as a negative. Are we really just taking it on the chin that it's ok for millions of dollars in federal grants and contracts to be cancelled because they reference racial equity or something similar?

It’s McCarthyism 2.0. Creating a culture of fear and accusations is what this is all about www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/u...