How the rural-urban divide became America’s political fault line
Urban voters, and the party that has come to represent them, now routinely lose elections and power even when they win more votes. One scholar...
Despite Trump’s claim, the nation isn’t ‘full,’ experts say; much of U.S. needs more people
The president's line suggests the nation can’t accommodate higher immigration levels because it is already bursting at the seams. But it runs counter to the...
Happy New Year! May your city never become San Francisco, New York or Seattle | Commentary
Or Portland, Denver, Boston, Dallas, Houston or Los Angeles.
Pave over the subway? Cities face tough bets on driverless-car future
Autonomous cars have entered policy debates — if not car lots — with remarkable speed. And everyone agrees that making the wrong bets now would...
San Francisco restaurants can’t afford waiters. So they’re putting diners to work.
Inside these restaurants, it’s evident that the forces making this one of the most expensive cities in America are subtly altering the economics of everything.
Who owns your rental unit? It can be hard to tell
More property owners are shielding their identities through limited liability companies. In some cases, that anonymity enables money laundering, can mean that tenants struggle to...
Why even the hyperloop wouldn’t change commute times
The half-hour trip is something of a mystical notion in transportation. It is, in fact, roughly how long many of us spend getting to work.