Urban planning, safe transportation. Child friendly neighborhoods. Political reform. Defender of the Midwest/ average middle class life. Author: RIGHT OF WAY
Cleveland, Ohio
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Big announcement. Been working in this for 1.5 years and I’m so happy to have found an amazing publishing house working with my amazing literary agency
New Deal Alert! Congratulations to Angie Schmitt, author of PLAYING IN THE STREETS, a nonfiction book about how infrastructure can be redesigned to better include children and families, sold to Catherine Tung at North Point Press!
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One for team con re: fare-free transit
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The stats here are kind of remarkable. BART's new fare gates have led to a 1,000-hour decline in clean up time; 41% drop in crime; and $10 million increase in projected revenue. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…
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Thank you.
I’m pro-Waymo but it’s such bullshit that we can’t achieve safe streets without them
I’m a political radical because I think kids should be able to play outside and I think adult drivers should be forced to accept some reasonable constraints to allow that.
This is a child I know that was killed. Look how the news bends over backward to blame the kid and absolve the driver. It is so sick how we always do this.
Debbie downer here but transit advocates who are excited about gas prices aren't gonna be as happy when the costs start hitting the agencies and they start talking about fare hikes or service cutbacks.
An atmospheric scientist interviewed by the WaPo said school car line exhaust "finds its way into classrooms within 35 minutes to 73 minutes. Once inside, it lowers student math and English performance"
👀🤯
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I think it's pretty clear that the Democrats contributed to the politicization of the school reopening debate in an election year. Arne played a role in that.
Spoke with @arneduncan at @aefpweb in Chicago last week on how Democrats lost parents when it comes to education.
His take: Covid closures + no clear vision = opening for GOP to tap into fears.
His Rx: stand for academic excellence + accountability in school choice.
One thing I think we should be more honest about is that most contemporary punditry is really mostly just entertainment for people who work office jobs and want to slack off a little on the clock.
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Victory in the social media trial in LA!
As of today, we are in a new world: a new era in the fight to protect children from online harms. A jury sided with Kaley and therefore with millions of children: Big Tech is harming kids on an industrial scale.
For years, parents were told these harms were exaggerated, anecdotal, or simply the unavoidable cost of growing up online. Today, a jury affirmed what parents have long known: Meta and YouTube were designed to exploit young people, with devastating consequences.
For the first time, the law aligns with common sense: social media companies no longer have a special exemption to harm children with impunity. Their shield is gone. They will be treated like any industry that knowingly harms children and lies about it. History will judge them as harshly as the tobacco industry.
This bellwether case tested a new legal theory: the harm is not just what algorithms show children, but rather that these products were designed to foster addiction. The companies knew they were harming children by the millions—and did it anyway. They were negligent and dishonest.
This outcome belongs first and foremost to the families, especially the many parents who, in the face of unimaginable loss, chose to speak out, demand accountability, and endure a painful legal process so that other children might be spared.
This is just the beginning. Thousands of cases will follow, bringing Meta, Snap, TikTok, and YouTube to court. Much work remains in courts, legislatures, schools, and communities.
But for now, let us all just savor the long-awaited arrival of justice.
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Tech Companies Have Never Had to Answer for One of Their Worst Crimes @schmangee angieschmitt.substack.com/p/…
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We used to have these. They were called Apartment Hotels. They’d consist of a single room with a bathroom, housecleaning, a cafeteria and lounges. Imagine being able to rent month to month and not need to furnish an apartment. It was ideal. Nuts we got rid of these.
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New study finds "substantial and persistent negative effects for students with prolonged remote-only exposure" on long-term patterns of student attendance
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It's really okay to marry someone, stick with them, and raise kids together. No journalist will write an edgy magazine piece about your lifestyle, but you'll have a great shot at a fulfilling and meaningful life.
Americans are so dependent on oil. Already the price of gas increase is costing Americans an extra $300 million a day at the pump.
It’s a (somewhat) regressive cost, because lower income people pay way larger share of their income on gas.
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I’ll be discussing “The Unfinished Metropolis” with
@schmangee at Clevo Books in downtown Cleveland the evening of Tuesday, 3/31.
Clevelanders, come through!
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"What do people do with this?"
A mother who works about 70 hours a week received a school calendar listing all the holidays, early releases, and teacher planning days. Curious, she used ChatGPT to organize every day her kids would be off from school during the year. When she saw the full list, she was shocked by how many days there actually were. Her husband stays home with the kids, but she started wondering how families with two full-time working parents manage all those days off.
School schedules can look manageable at first glance, but when you add up all the days off, it really highlights how challenging childcare logistics can be for many working families. How do households where both parents work full-time handle the large number of school holidays, early release days, and breaks during the year?