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Matthew Zeitlin

Latest articles by Matthew Zeitlin

Politics
Almost 90 years after Prohibition, some places are still dry. Why is that?Almost 90 years after Prohibition, some places are still dry. Why is that?
Politics

How Prohibition lives on in counties across the nation.

By Matthew Zeitlin
Politics
Hurricane Katrina inspired a national pet evacuation policy. The plan could save human lives, too.Hurricane Katrina inspired a national pet evacuation policy. The plan could save human lives, too.
Politics

People are more likely to evacuate if they can find safe passage for their pets, too.

By Matthew Zeitlin
Affordable housing is disappearing. So cities are designating parking lots to sleep in.
Policy

People slipping in and out of homelessness need “safe” parking lot programs like these.

By Matthew Zeitlin
Austin’s failed attempt to regulate Uber and Lyft foreshadowed today’s controversies
Politics

How will the companies react to California’s new regulations? Ask Austin.

By Matthew Zeitlin
Do plastic bag taxes or bans curb waste? 400 cities and states tried it out.
Politics

And will it work for plastic straws?

By Matthew Zeitlin
Laboratories of Democracy: what Seattle learned from having the highest minimum wage in the nation
Policy

The city adopted a $15 minimum wage four years ago. Here’s what happened.

By Matthew Zeitlin
Politics
The racial roots of Trump’s anti-trade agendaThe racial roots of Trump’s anti-trade agenda
Politics

The Trump campaign’s trade policy can’t be disentangled from its rhetoric on race and immigration.

By Matthew Zeitlin
Politics
There’s a huge debate over how the very poorest are doing. There’s no debate about whether food stamps help them.There’s a huge debate over how the very poorest are doing. There’s no debate about whether food stamps help them.
Politics

Researchers argue that food stamps can arrest a falling “floor” of living standards.

By Matthew Zeitlin
Politics
Can Elizabeth Warren build a bigger welfare state without taxing the middle class?Can Elizabeth Warren build a bigger welfare state without taxing the middle class?
Politics

It’s hard to build a Nordic welfare state on the backs of the rich alone.

By Matthew Zeitlin
Politics
Marianne Williamson and the rise of “spiritual but not religious”Marianne Williamson and the rise of “spiritual but not religious”
Politics

Williamson (probably) isn’t going to win. But she speaks for a broad swath of Americans.

By Matthew Zeitlin