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Category: National Politics
Remember Essential Workers?
Happy Labor Day, everyone! We shouldn’t forget about essential workers. A few months ago, I wrote a post about how we don’t pay essential workers enough. At the time, it was a big topic. Essential workers were some of the only folks who had to actually show up to a physical location (ie: not their…
A Jobs-Housing Map for the Midwest Partnership
In light of regions of the country becoming mini-nation-states including a pact of Midwestern States and in an effort to get some more data, I put together this map, which shows the jobs-housing mismatch for the five states that are definitely part of the midwest, the former Northwest Territories:
Essential Workers Aren’t Paid Like They Are Essential
If they’re essential, shouldn’t they earn more? I went to the grocery store the other day to stock up. Trying to avoid social contact as much as possible, I went very early on Saturday morning, when normally the store would be empty. I was surprised to find that the store was packed with shoppers, some…
We Should have More State Legislators
Well, at least I’m pretty sure we should. 2020 is another census year, which means there will be some electoral shakeups around the country as fast-growing states gain members of Congress and slower-growing/declining states lose representatives. For almost 100 years now, we’ve had this fixed-pie system at the national level, where states could lose seats…
What if the tea party had been blue?
In case you missed it, the rail map I made recently became somewhat famous. I’m calling that map draft #1 for now – there is more to come. Thanks again to everyone who shared feedback and support. For now I’m taking a break from transit to dig into another interest of mine: political maps. Who…