A Los Angeles-focused newsletter arguing that bad policy holds the city back, covering affordability for creatives, stalled street and mobility reform under Measure HLA, and park access. Readers get personal essays paired with policy analysis on how LA could become a better city.
Website: https://www.futureis.la
Original research and analysis on housing affordability, covering housing finance, rent regulation and the definition of affordable housing. It uses interactive tools, data and charts, with a focus on Kingston, NY and New York City.
Vital City publishes essays and analysis on New York City policy, covering public safety, urban infrastructure, mental health and civic life. Readers get pragmatic, evidence-based arguments, often from practitioners and former officials, on how to address cities' hardest problems.
A Portland-focused publication that uses maps, public records and data to investigate local civic questions such as fleet purchasing, vanpool geography and transit service cuts. Each issue lays out sources and labels what is documented, claimed, inferred or still unknown.
Long-form essays by Zachary L. Zavidé connecting literature, religion, urban policy and fashion through historical and cultural analysis. Readers get idiosyncratic, well-researched arguments such as reading Asimov's Foundation through the Bahá'í Faith or explaining Jakarta's traffic policy.
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