For 6.4 million women, the nearest abortion clinic was in Florida, until today.

via Margot Sanger-Katz Josh Katz Claire Cain Miller nytimes.com/interactive/20…

I wrote about states finally doing something about housing

(And how to think about that)

vox.com/policy/2413626…

Inspired by the excellent TheUpshot piece by Emily Badger and Francesca Paris: the percentage of adults living in the same house as a year ago by whether the housing unit is owned or rented, from 1976 to 2023 (using CPS ASEC data via IPUMS).

Great Jason DeParle story today on new federal aid to feed children in the summer, and the states that have turned it down: nytimes.com/2024/04/09/us/…

Love love love this Ben Blatt map of Super 8 motel prices for Sunday and Monday...
nytimes.com/2024/04/04/ups…

'What was once a deeply ingrained habit — wake up, catch the bus, report to class — is now something far more tenuous.'
via Sarah Mervosh + Francesca Paris
nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Youngkin and Leonsis are banking on hordes of people to pay $731 a night to stay at a hotel near National Airport and $75 to park underground for a few hours.
washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

Last summer, Sean Reardon drew some simple line sketches for me + Aatish Bhatia to help us understand what college admissions could look like without affirmative action.

It was an aha! moment for us.

Here, we've tried to recreate it for you:
nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Post-affirmative action, what if colleges gave a break instead to kids from poor families or high-poverty schools? Or to kids who excel in spite of disadvantages all around them?

A simulation w/ ⁦Aatish Bhatia⁩ to test this: nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Nearly 4 years after the coronavirus pandemic hit, NYC is back in many ways. But the recovery is incomplete and uneven. In many parts of NYC, especially among the working class, it does not feel like the city is back on its feet. Emma G. Fitzsimmons and I take a look: nytimes.com/2024/03/05/nyr…

In NYC 'most of the cyclists who died in 2023 collided with automobiles in areas without bike infrastructure, regardless of the type of bike they were riding.'

nytimes.com/2024/03/05/nyr…

A fun and thorough look at one of Mayor Eric Adams’s most ambitious proposals and why New York City might no longer be the garbage laughingstock of the world, by Emily Badger and Larry Buchanan: nytimes.com/interactive/20…

How can one of the greatest cities in the world dispose of its trash like this?

A deep look at New York's decades-old garbage problem, and the tradeoffs required to fix it, with the amazing Larry Buchanan + DeSean McClinton-Holland.
nytimes.com/interactive/20…

These photos are wonderful...
nytimes.com/2024/03/01/nyr…

For the first time in its almost 60 year history, federal Medicaid dollars will start going towards paying rent

*(up to 6 months)

It's a really major policy development — one with huge opportunities, risks, and challenges.

I looked closely for Vox:

vox.com/2024/2/13/2406…

Writers interested in housing: The Pew Trusts is hiring someone in DC for their Housing Policy Initiative, which is doing really interesting work...
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/TrustsEx…