The Lowe Down

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Democracy is made up of factors such as voting rights, freedom of the governed, and minority rights. Drawing on these data in the period between 2013 and 2018, it appears that there is not a strong correlation between income inequality and democratic backsliding.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

AUGUST 2, 2023

In 1998 and 2013, Houston changed its land use laws by reducing permissible lot sizes across the city, in turn, opening up areas dominated by large single-family houses to denser development. Ramapo is unusual because its large Orthodox voting bloc was more enthusiastic about housing growth than most suburbanites.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 5, 2024

From the article: “Home Land Security” opened a few months after the Brexit vote and ran through the U.S. The National Parks article discusses presentation of potentially controversial contemporary art in parks (also see " Home Land Security" art certain to spark dialogue in uncertain times ," Golden Gate Conservancy). presidential election.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

APRIL 4, 2024

From the article: “Home Land Security” opened a few months after the Brexit vote and ran through the U.S. The National Parks article discusses presentation of potentially controversial contemporary art in parks (also see " Home Land Security" art certain to spark dialogue in uncertain times ," Golden Gate Conservancy). presidential election.

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Parks And Recreation Engagement Sustainability Security 52

Public Policy Blog

JANUARY 3, 2014

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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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

MARCH 9, 2023

-- " Senate votes to block controversial DC crime bill ," CNN I haven't written a blog entry on this, just comments, and comments on Washington Post article. It might well happen again with the bill allowing illegal immigrants and other noncitizens to vote in local elections. criminal code reform, the D.C.

Public Safety 52

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JANUARY 7, 2025

10] Making things even more complex, it is clear from the recent election campaign that Trump II will also look to support what is perhaps its biggest voting bloc: non-college-educated households, which argues against changes that may reduce the GSE’s role in providing subsidized, borrower-friendly mortgages to those households.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 16, 2025

Our country is too divided to be able to make necessary changes to government structure, like the small state bias of the Senate and the existence of the Electoral College versus the popular vote for deciding the winner of the Presidential election. Actually this is true at all levels of government. They don't like oversight.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Advocates for what may be the largest voting block supporting Trump II – non-college-educated households (“working families”) – who will seek to protect their access to the affordable GSE 30-year fixed-rate mortgage. [3] 9] ) Congress passed legislation in 2012 that included a 0.10

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