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In an unsealed lawsuit by the FTC that was dropped by the Trump Administration, evidence was revealed that PepsiCo has been conspiring with WalMart to keep the price of Pepsi’s soft drinks lower at the big box store for the last ten years. Stacy Mitchell of ILSR shared this on Bluesky. Why does this matter
This week on the Talking Headways podcast, we’re joined by Benjamin Schneider to talk about his book The Unfinished Metropolis: Igniting the City-Building Revolution. Ben chats about the unfinishedness of cities, the larger origins of NIMBYism, and how much our economy and built environment cater to cars. Listen to this episode at Streetsblog USA. Find
According to a YouGov survey, Americans believe that housing isn’t affordable, but they disagree on why. More than any other reason, people believe mortgage rates or the costs of building materials are culprits. I know from renovating spaces recently that labor costs are one of the big reasons things, at least here in the Bay
