Joe Lonsdale’s Cicero Institute contends that we can arrest our way out of the housing crisis, and that states must enforce laws ‘prohibiting open drug use, urban squatting, camping, and loitering.’
A problem with the discourse around these issues is that it isn’t being completely honest when it comes to race. Not publicly, anyway.
The legacy of Ohio's Republican Party is corruption, scandal, and culture wars. Our votes could put an end to their occupation of state government.
A vigil for an unhoused community member who recently died in Newark served as a call to not look away.
Our policies suggest a willingness to spend any amount to add lanes and bigger (towering!) interchanges for major highways, while transit spending is too often regarded as frivolous.
Columbus wants to renovate the Franklin County Municipal Courthouse instead of replacing it. The people who work there say this very wet “derelict” building is beyond repair.
Flock Safety, the company behind the cameras, obstructs any attempt to establish guardrails, accountability, or transparency. Amazon is no one’s model for corporate responsibility, and even it cut ties with Flock.
Residents did not speak at a City Council hearing this week merely to express discomfort with new technology. They presented an evidence-based argument that the current system is inadequately governed, vulnerable to abuse, and capable of uses far beyond the narrow public-safety examples emphasized by its defenders.
In the wake of the overdose catastrophe, more Americans should be aware that addiction is not a moral failing, and that the overdose crisis was generated by policy failures.
The ongoing data center construction boom has our columnist asking himself some questions.
