Journalist @voxdotcom, covering housing, family policy, homelessness. book forthcoming April 2027 with @penguinrandom about agency and social change
Joined August 2009
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Mar 23
got to watch this little guy look at the sky for the first time on our way home from the hospital.
I'll be off from work for the next few months caring for him, and seeing him take in what I hope are many more firsts. welcome to the world, Jesse ❤️
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Jun 12
And then some good news: Baltimore's incredible decline in homicides was driven by intervening early with those at risk of committing a violent crime. Although that idea wasn't new, dedicated execution made the difference. nber.org/papers/w35292
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Jun 2
“That many men are standing up for Platner is unremarkable, but there’s a strange undercurrent that having a moral problem with cheating is soyboy behavior.”
Jun 2
it’s not normal to cheat on your wife and Real Americans aren’t lol-ing about infidelity.
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A very thoughtful take on the data center revolt by @mbolotnikova:
Jun 2
The data center revolt is a symptom of our political failure on AI. vox.com/future-perfect/49035…
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Conclusion: It is possible to identify areas with particularly tight child care markets…
…but doing so requires adjusting for proxies of demand!
Full paper (“Undersupply or Lack of Demand? Evaluating Measures of Child Care Access”) here: docs.iza.org/dp18597.pdf
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Jun 2
this point that JLG been promoting a version of social housing that the top national expert and advocate says won’t work is a real problem? And won’t elaborate?
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Jun 2
I get politicians want to stay detail light on policy during campaigns but it is the job of the public to push for them anyway
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Jun 1
So let’s not call it “journalistic malpractice.”
May 31
A campaign official says Platner “isn’t saying the texts to other women at the start of the marriage are not real. They are.”
New statement from Platner: “Amy and I went through something hard, because of me… people don’t care about gossip…”
They care about the issues he says
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Jun 1
"Catron Allred, the executive director of the Early Childhood Center of Excellence at Santa Fe Community College, currently has a waitlist of 600 to 700 children"
Jun 1
In New Mexico, a bold childcare plan is meeting hard reality. But it’s not too late to fix things. vox.com/the-highlight/489750…
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May 30
yougov pollsters clearly spending a lot of time on twitter but at least that's asked and answered
May 30
YouGov polled the “Is Alex Cooper a hypocrite for sleeping around and then settling down” question - and only one-quarter of conservatives think so
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May 28
Here’s a group I think it’s crucial for everyone to get to know: the AI successionists.
They believe AI will be a "worthy successor." And they actually want it to replace humanity.
They’re more influential than you might think! So I reported this 🧵 1/n
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May 28
What a time to be alive
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May 29
“Large health surveys from the government and other organizations rarely include questions about politics; the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health that O’Brian relied on is one of the few exceptions.”
May 29
nice coverage of the new Elder/@NeilOBrian4 paper
theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
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always read @Ksurana6
May 27
1/ At 17 weeks pregnant, Emily Waldorf was suddenly faced with a life-threatening situation: Her baby’s foot was dipping out of her cervix.
Doctors told her the longer her cervix stayed open, the higher her risk of infection.
They knew how to treat her. There was one issue…🧵
ALT A woman with shoulder-length dark hair wearing a reddish-brown corduroy jumpsuit.
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May 27
Such a good @CAKitchener piece.
Gift link: nytimes.com/2026/05/24/us/iv…
“While lower courts tend to side with the person seeking to use the embryos — typically the woman — appellate courts have almost always sided with the person who wants to donate or discard them”
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May 27
*Democratic politicians, Democratic think tanks, and Democratic donors.
there’s such elite fatigue with health care politics, even though there’s not similar voter fatigue
May 27
child care is *important* but for Democratic politicians it’s been attractive because it allows them to avoid polarizing fights about health care (that they should really be having)
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May 27
child care is *important* but for Democratic politicians it’s been attractive because it allows them to avoid polarizing fights about health care (that they should really be having)
May 27
The reason Americas drinking age can be higher than our voting age is that everyone ages out of caring after three years. The politics of daycare subsidies follow a similar path: it is the most important issue in the world until it abruptly stops being salient
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May 27
I think what’s a little broken about the child care discourse is that even for the people the costs are *most salient for* (🙋♀️) it’s still not among top issues. young parents are still worrying about housing / health care / groceries / gas
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