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When Vanessa Patricelli first heard Kshama Sawant speak, she thought the socialist was nuts. It was November 2013. Sawant had just been elected to the Seattle City Council as a member of the Socialist Alternative party. And Boeing was threatening to...

Residents unhappy with cuts to bus service If it ain’t broke, don’t cut it. That’s the message the city of Steamboat Springs got from many local bus riders in 2015 after service reductions and schedule changes left many riders frustrated and out in...

“We had hundreds of people involved. There was a real community appetite for this process…they wanted their voice to be heard and they were prepared to come out and be a part of it.” When Dayne Walling was elected to be the mayor...

In an effort to bring this time-sensitive news to a broader audience, here’s a quick summary: Last minute amendments added to a plan to revitalize the West Side flats, a large underused area next to downtown Saint Paul, threaten to strip walkability...

This is a transcript of the Freakonomics Radio podcast “Could the Next Brooklyn Be … Las Vegas?!” [MUSIC: The Civil Tones, “One Day, Again and Again” (from City Stoopin’)] Stephen J. DUBNER: Hey, podcast listeners. You are about to hear a brand-new...