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Uber: criminal?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

These firms evaded regulation, but were able to mobilize their customers as advocates and pay for campaigns to support what they were doing, making it difficult for elected and appointed officials to challenge their narrative. (If If they even had the understanding to be able to do so, they'd lose.

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

2013) suggests that social activism in online spaces such as YouTube is not easily defined, but is adapted to suit movement needs—which makes social media a popular and flexible venue for activism but also highlights the challenges for scholars studying such venues. 2013; Bennett, Breunig, & Givens, 2008). A study by Vragara et al.,

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African American History Month and Transportation: February 4th | Transit Equity Day

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

But when a concerted organizing campaign was developed, she was chosen to be the face. One of his campaigns was a bus boycott in response to a fare increase (" Marion Barry Leads Bus Boycott ," WETA/PBS). I have thoughts on this in " What is an inclusive city? " (2013) but I can't say it's super specific. Complete scan.

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(Reprint) Electing a Federal Attorney General and a Chief Inspector General | Expanding Democracy

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The justification of this concept is that law belongs to "the people" and is supposed to be free of bias. In fact I wrote about this wrt education test scandals in DC in 2013: -- " Why inspector generals often don't seek the whole truth. " I have to believe my alternative would be better.

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The GSEs and the Second Trump Administration: Ten Possible Mortgage Program and Policy Changes to Expect (Part 2 of 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

It is thus to be expected that Trump II, now in the midst of turning its campaign politics and promises into the policies and actions of a new administration, will similarly put its stamp on how the two GSEs operate in the mortgage markets. This scenario fits the Trump campaign’s “deep state” narrative.

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National Public Lands Day, Saturday September 24th

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I finally finished reading The Power of Scenery: Frederick Law Olmsted and the Origin of National Parks (" How did our national parks come to be? See for Yourself ," New York Times , " Tourists Heeding Utah's 'Mighty 5' Campaign Overpower Moab ," Wall Street Journal , " Utah Wanted All the Tourists. I haven't tracked it down yet.