If You Only Try To Understand One Financial Graph, This Is The One
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How Berkeley’s Biggest Donors Helped Hillary Beat Bernie In 2016
2019-07-18
TLDR: Wealth and political giving are extremely concentrated in Berkeley. With the 2020 primaries around the corner, I thought I’dKeep Reading
What Does Berkeley Get When We Spend $20 Million?
2018-10-20
$19 million for 23 affordable housing units, and $22 million for a seismic retrofit. Update: After I published this postKeep Reading
Paywalls Are Killing Local Journalism.
2018-08-07
Paywalls have dramatically failed journalism. In an attempt to adapt to the Internet, American newspapers of all sizes have erectedKeep Reading
What If We Spent $2 Trillion On Education?
2017-07-17
We spent $1.7 trillion on the Iraq war. Now (February 2020) Congress is considering a two trillion dollar stimulus bill. ThisKeep Reading
Cobalt Blue Sign From the Dawn of Global Banking
2017-04-02
I bought this sign at the Alameda antiques market after noticing it a few months in a row. I’m intoKeep Reading