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Urbanist creed: What do we want for the places we live?
Cities are our best chance, but we need to determine what kind of lives we want in them.
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Rough seas for Puget Sound's foot ferries
Mechanical problems, low ridership, money woes, and scant coordination among water and land transit systems: What else can go wrong? And what's the best route to calmer waters?
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What would real reform of Seattle police practices look like?
Faced with widening citizen anger, the city needs to seize control of police accountability and oversight.
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In Egypt, we should dust off Henry Jackson's approach
A famous amendment in 1974 enacted a policy of linking aid to real democratic reform. It's had only lip service since, to the relief of nasty dictators in many countries.
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Idaho joins the bluster on nullifying health care
But states might have an option to find some savings on Medicaid by letting tribal health systems directly deal with Medicaid.