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4/28/25: Austerity, Inhumanity, and Timber 'hoods
Alex's note: I think it's important to be frank about the moment we are facing, so this issue will be more in line with my post from a couple weeks ago – "Trump 2.0 is a Disability Catastrophe (and it's Bad for Urbanism,
Let's start with the good this time
What's good these days? Not everything is as doom and gloom as last week 's newsletter made it out to be. The Guardian has a nice feature on street tree-planting initiatives from London to Philly to Singapore. Community members come together to plant, tend, and replace street
Trump 2.0 is a Disability Catastrophe (and it's Bad for Urbanism, too)
Apologies for the Gap between Posts (again) For most of this year, a pressure sore has forced me to spend about half the time that I'm in my chair just full-on tilted back like I’m at the dentist. That limited how many hours I could use my
Urban Form, Age/Disability, and Wildfire Evacuations in California
California’s insurance and land use policies, combined with our nation’s economic policies that punish PWDs, drive seniors and PWDs to disproportionately live in fire-prone areas that are difficult to evacuate.