Young Americans don’t just want “structural change” because it’s a cool Twitter hashtag: They want their health care and college debt policies to change because their lives depend on it.
As the debate about whether re-enfranchisement can be restricted based on wealth winds through the Florida courts, the fate of over a million potential voters in one of the most important battleground states is on the line.
Environmental urbanism has the potential to thrive as a model for future development; all it needs are policy changes that resolve the housing affordability crisis in cities.
There are two different manifestations of populism: one that works within the institutional system to enact new policies (a policy populist), and one that attempts to disrupt the institutional system entirely (a process populist). Both are featured in the 2020 United States elections and have major implications for our democratic system.
While the youth have always felt the immediacy of climate change, older generations continue to brush the issue aside and paint their younger counterparts as foolish and naive. This generational climate gap has massive implications that reach beyond the Twittersphere and into all areas of climate advocacy, from college campuses to Congress.
Amidst a historic housing crisis in the United States, there is a burgeoning YIMBY movement — a movement of people saying “Yes In My Backyard” to affordable housing. This movement works to push back on local anti-housing sentiments in many high-cost communities, which reflect a culture known as NIMBYism or saying “Not In My Backyard” to affordable housing.
