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Tuesday, November 27, 2018
SUCCESSFUL EASTERN OREGON NEWSPAPER
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/26/670058419/digging-deep-into-local-news-a-small-newspaper-in-rural-oregon-is-thriving
DESIGNING HOUSES SO THEY DON'T BURN IN WILDFIRES
https://slate.com/business/2018/11/california-houses-rebuild-camp-fire-design.html
Monday, November 26, 2018
Sunday, November 25, 2018
Saturday, November 24, 2018
BREAKING UP THE UNITED STATES
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/11/maybe-its-time-for-america-to-split-up.html
PREVENTING SUICIDES
https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/how-to-help-someone-who-is-suicidal
PROTECTING TOWNS FROM WILDFIRES
https://mashable.com/article/wildfire-california-montecito-resistance/
TECH MEN MAKING BREAD
https://www.eater.com/2018/11/19/18099127/bread-silicon-valley-sourdough-tech-bros-tartine-chad-robertson
WHY NO ONE ANSWERS THE PHONE ANYMORE
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/05/ring-ring-ring-ring/561545/
DELAY IN COMMUNICATION
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/11/life-getting-faster-farman-delayed-response/576181/
MANAGING AMERICAN DECLINE
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/how-bad-americas-decline-relative-china/576319/
THE NEWS MEDIA AS ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/11/trump-media-criticism-enemy-of-the-people-charge/
THE DECLINE OF CHARITY WALKATHONS
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/11/charity-walkathons-are-suffering-heres-why/576097/
Friday, November 23, 2018
Thursday, November 22, 2018
THE POLITICS OF INFLATION
https://www.weeklystandard.com/irwin-m-stelzer/trump-the-house-democrats-and-the-politics-of-inflation
USING NURSE PRACTITIONERS TO FILL THE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE
https://www.realclearhealth.com/articles/2018/11/01/a_solution_for_americas_primary_care_shortage_110837.html
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
THE COSTS OF TOO MUCH PARKING
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/11/20/the-many-costs-of-too-much-parking
HOW TO DISAGREE PRODUCTIVELY
https://www.ted.com/talks/julia_dhar_how_to_disagree_productively_and_find_common_ground
DENVER FUNDS LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/11/treatment-centers-addiction-mental-health-caring-4-denver/576202/
AMERICANS AREN'T MOVING TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2018/11/19/americans-arent-moving-to-economic-opportunity/
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
WHY INFINITE ECONOMIC GROWTH IS POSSIBLE
https://medium.com/@oliverwaters_76079/the-strange-necessity-of-infinite-economic-growth-ebc2e505cdf1
READING FICTION MAKES YOU NICER
https://www.thecut.com/2018/11/reading-fiction-makes-you-a-little-nicer.html
WHAT COULD YOU BUY WITH ALL THE WEALTH IN THE WORLD?
https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/03/combined-wealth-world.html
Co-Living in a Mall
https://www.curbed.com/2018/11/20/18100251/vivahouse-london-prefab-coliving-housing
WHY CALIFORNIA HAS MORE WILDFIRES THAN FINLAND
https://lifehacker.com/why-california-has-more-wildfires-than-finland-1830546028
WHY YOU NEED WINTER TIRES
https://jalopnik.com/heres-proof-that-computers-and-all-wheel-drive-are-no-m-1830536284
THE POWER OF STORYTELLING IN BUSINESS
https://hbr.org/2014/10/why-your-brain-loves-good-storytelling
THE ETHICS OF ROAD DESIGN
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/11/20/how-many-deaths-does-it-take-to-question-standard-practice
Monday, November 19, 2018
HOUSING CAN'T BE BOTH A GOOD INVESTMENT AND AFFORDABLE
http://cityobservatory.org/housing-cant-be-affordable_and_be-a-good-investment/
Sunday, November 18, 2018
DETECTING TERRORISTS AND THE BASE RATE FALLACY
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8153539.stm
THE CASE FOR FOURPLEXES
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/3/29/fourplexes-everywhere-bold-reform-proposed-in-minneapolis
WHAT THE CRAFT BREWING BOOM CAN TEACH OTHER INDUSTRIES 2
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/3/26/what-the-craft-brewing-boom-can-teach-other-local-industries-part-2
WHAT THE CRAFT BREWING BOOM CAN TEACH OTHER INDUSTRIES
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/3/26/what-the-craft-brewing-boom-can-teach-other-industries-part-1
Friday, November 16, 2018
DEPLOYMENT IN IRAQ
https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2018/11/11/deployment-iraq-changed-my-view-god-country-and-humankind-so-did-coming
Thursday, November 15, 2018
PLANNED BURNS TO LIMIT WILDFIRES
https://www.kqed.org/science/1927354/controlled-burns-can-help-solve-californias-fire-problem-so-why-arent-there-more-of-them
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
BIG BOX STORES FIGHT PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENTS
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/11/property-tax-dark-store-theory-retail-apocalypse-walmart/574123/
BIG BOX STORES FIGHT PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENTS
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/11/property-tax-dark-store-theory-retail-apocalypse-walmart/574123/
WHY WILDFIRES CAN'T BE CONTROLLED
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/11/california-wildfire-why-humans-cant-control-them/575740/
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T LIKE CARS SO MUCH
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/wisniewski/ct-biz-young-adults-cars-attitudes-20181106-story.html
YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T LIKE CARS SO MUCH
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/wisniewski/ct-biz-young-adults-cars-attitudes-20181106-story.html
Monday, November 12, 2018
A COMMUNITY OF FORMERLY HOMELESS IN AUSTIN
https://www.citylab.com/design/2018/11/community-first-village-homeless-tiny-homes-austin-texas/575611/
MINORITY VETERANS DISPROPORTIONATELY HOMELESS
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/11/veterans-housing-unaffordable-young-opioid-homeowner/575635/
AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN AMSTERDAM
https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/11/amsterdam-housing-displacement-zeedijk-drugs/574303/
Sunday, November 11, 2018
WHY AMAZON CHOSE NY AND DC 2
https://www.urbanophile.com/2018/11/06/superstar-effect-wins-again-as-amazon-chooses-new-york-washington-for-hq2-3/
WHY AMAZON CHOSE NY AND DC
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2018/11/06/amazons-real-estate-team-did-its-homework/
Saturday, November 10, 2018
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
EXAMPLE OF A MISSING MIDDLE DEVELOPMENT
https://opticosdesign.com/blog/shaking-up-the-21st-century-multifamily-market-with-missing-middle-neighborhoods/
MISSING MIDDLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
https://opticosdesign.com/blog/the-missing-middle-affordable-housing-solution/
THE CASE FOR SMALL COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/11/6/theres-a-missing-middle-for-commercial-spaces-too
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
THE OCEANS ARE HEATING UP FASTER THAN EXPECTED
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-oceans-are-heating-up-faster-than-expected/
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRUST AND INEQUALITY
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-the-trust-trap-perpetuates-inequality/
Monday, November 5, 2018
WHY YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T VOTE
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/11/voter-registration-young-people-apathy.html
VOTER SUPPRESSION IN TEXAS
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/somethings-happening-in-texas/574873/
THE PROBLEM WITH BEING PERFECT
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/11/how-perfectionism-can-be-destructive/574837/
Sunday, November 4, 2018
UNDER OCCUPANCY IN NEW YORK PUBLIC HOUSING
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2017/12/the-hidden-rooms-within-new-yorks-public-housing/548198/
LIVABILITY VERSUS AFFORDABILITY
https://www.npr.org/2017/12/18/558625656/choosing-between-squalor-or-the-street-housing-without-government-aid
HOW NEIGHBORHOODS INFLUENCE CHILDRENS' LIVES
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/upshot/maps-neighborhoods-shape-child-poverty.html
USING AI FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
http://commercialobserver.com/2018/10/how-brookfield-is-building-manhattan-west-using-ai/
THE HARM REDUCTION MODEL OF DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT
https://www.ted.com/talks/mark_tyndall_the_harm_reduction_model_of_drug_addiction_treatment
HOW BALTIMORE CALLED A CEASEFIRE
https://www.ted.com/talks/erricka_bridgeford_we_have_the_power_to_stop_violence_in_our_communities
WORKING FOR USPS
https://medium.com/s/powertrip/confessions-of-a-u-s-postal-worker-we-deliver-amazon-packages-until-we-drop-dead-a6e96f125126
Saturday, November 3, 2018
WHY EYEWITNESSES GET IT WRONG
https://www.ted.com/talks/scott_fraser_the_problem_with_eyewitness_testimony?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
HOW RELIABLE IS YOUR MEMORY?
https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_loftus_the_fiction_of_memory?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
HOW TO REPORT HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION
https://www.ted.com/talks/julia_shaw_a_memory_scientist_s_advice_on_reporting_harassment_and_discrimination
Friday, November 2, 2018
OTHER FACTORS AFFECTING HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/4/10/4-factors-that-can-make-affordable-housing-not-so-affordable
BARRIERS TO REDUCING HEROIN OVERDOSES
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/04/how-france-reduced-heroin-overdoses-by-79-in-four-years/558023/
Thursday, November 1, 2018
CONNECTICUT PROPERTY TAX DEATH SPIRAL
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/04/connecticut-cities-face-a-property-tax-death-spiral/558101/
A GUIDE TO SMALL AREA FAIR MARKET RENTS
https://www.cbpp.org/research/housing/a-guide-to-small-area-fair-market-rents-safmrs
DEPOPULATION IN RURAL KANSAS
https://newfoodeconomy.org/rural-kansas-depopulation-commodity-agriculture/
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