The moment you realize that the mechanisms of modern governance—the tax roll, the notice, the arbitrary fine—are designed not for fairness but for extraction, you get it.
By Maya Ellison ·
The instinct of government—and I mean this with all due respect for the complexity of municipal finance—is to find a new revenue stream, particularly when the local coffers feel…
By Caroline Ashford ·
The moment a city begins treating private property as an emergency revenue stream, you know what kind of thinking has taken root in its municipal halls.
By Bram de Vries ·
You read enough health news to know that nothing in modern American policy is ever simple, but sometimes it’s so transparently cynical it makes you sick.
By Josie Calloway ·