…are losing SNAP eligibility. Housing and Social Services: The fiscal year 2026 budget proposals signal deep cuts to Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs. Such impacts affordable housing…

…they are strategically positioned to carve out its most profitable segments – particularly high-margin urban routes – while leaving rural and low-income Americans to “make do, or do without.” A…

…2026 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.6 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in April, after rising 0.9 percent in March. Reported by the U.S….

…decline of any state. Forty-two states and Washington, DC experienced job growth in April 2026. Among 393 metro areas — urban groupings geographically and economically integrated with one another —…

…treats any discussion of “free markets.” The fundamentalist approach to free markets (that I have sometimes labeled “free marketarianism” or “friedmania”) claims to believe that deregulation helps people by increasing…

…violating my property rights by placing anything, anything at all on my property, be it music, high velocity projectiles, or any contaminants of the air, water, or soil. The problem…

…them. The answer, of course, being that “originalism” can be, and is, turned on and off like a water faucet by those who subscribe to it as a legal theory…

…“moral values” of society, etc. These arguments don’t hold water as far as the well-being of children or the needs of society are concerned or even whether there is a…

…purported interest in supporting job creation, even when the mine is likely to cause long-term environmental damage and potentially devastating water pollution and destruction of wetlands.) cross posted with ataxingmatter…

…one really knows. The City of Detroit, the Detroit Water and Sewer department, the Detroit pension plans, and the Wayne County government are all a mess. About sixty square miles…