My book, Build or Die: How America Suffocates Its Cities and What to Do About It, will be published by Princeton University Press on December 8, 2026. Preorder the book now from Bookshop.org.
Links
Paul Williams of the Center for Public Enterprise on how the federal government can stimulate investment in multifamily housing construction. A must read for anyone engaged in federal housing policy.
Liz Clifford, Seva Rodnyansky, and Dennis Su of Pew Research on how Austin, Texas made itself more affordable.
Stan Oklobdzija for his Substack on how other cities are repeating the mistakes of Los Angeles.
Natalie Y. Moore for Hammer and Hope on the Black women who were purged as part of Trump’s effort to resegregate the federal workforce.
Elias Isquith for his Substack on the movie Margin Call (a modern classic, in my opinion) and the difference between cynicism and cruelty.
Josh Marshall for Talking Points Memo on whether Donald Trump is a Hegelian man on horseback.
Sounds
Matt Berninger (of The National fame) - Bonnet of Pins