Kelsey E. Thomas
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Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Past articles by Kelsey:
A Helping Hand for the Twin Cities’ Most Essential Workers — Mothers
Sponsored: A long legacy of mutual aid for Black Americans anchors this North Minneapolis cooperative. → Read More
The Platforms Making Sure Freelancers Get Paid
Sponsored: Gig workers are organizing cooperatively for health benefits and traditional labor protections. → Read More
Co-Operative Platform Ownership Is Keeping Artists in Business
Sponsored: Building a sustainable economic model that centers the artist, not capitalism. → Read More
Economics in Brief: As Pandemic Drags on, California’s Undocumented Residents May Get Help
Also: A new joint employment ruling is a victory for franchise workers’ rights, and another major retailer files for bankruptcy during COVID-19’s economic fallout. → Read More
These Debtors Are Uniting to Take on Banks
Sponsored: What if we saw debt as a sign of a broken system, and not a personal problem? → Read More
Building a Post-Colonial Community Starts With Vocabulary
Sponsored: What the Maskoke language can teach us about communal living. → Read More
These Organizations are Putting People Over Profits
Sponsored: How a new funder is challenging the economic models that shape our businesses and communities. → Read More
Researchers Calculate the Healthiest City Density
Where urban living helps the heart. → Read More
Risk Expert Says There’s One Budgeting Question Every City Must Now Ask
Rockefeller's 100 Resilient Cities head Michael Berkowitz talks about what mayors should be asking post-Harvey, how the Dutch discovered their resilience weakness, and more. → Read More
5 Mayors, 5 Lipstick Shades, 5 Amazon Seductions
The prom’s next year. → Read More
What 120 U.S. Mayors Say About the “State of the City”
Analysis of mayoral speeches reveals what keeps leaders up at night. → Read More
Apparently, U.S. Cities Might Just Toilet Plunge Their Way to Bike Safety
Omaha becomes latest city to jump on guerilla bike lane bandwagon. → Read More
Moscow Makeover Meets Citizen Resistance
Protesters take to the streets over mayor’s housing teardown plan. → Read More
Texas Rail Plans Move Forward
“We’re never going to be able to support enough concrete to accommodate all our traffic.” → Read More
Trump-Related Graffiti Is Costing Denver
Charting the rise of tags motivated by #45. → Read More
New Orleans Mayor Targets City’s Largest Blighted Property
Long-shuttered amusement park could get second life. → Read More
Pittsburgh Mayor Wants a Road Map to Ethical Driverless Cities
Asks summit to develop guide to “corporate citizenship” for Uber, etc. → Read More
Analyzing Bike Accidents Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story
Houston study looks at "near-misses" that come with biking and walking. → Read More
Sidewalk Labs May Build a High-Tech City District From Scratch in Toronto
Twelve acres of waterfront. → Read More
Philadelphia Is in a Parking-Related Billboard Fight
1,000-strong petition aims to stop big ads. → Read More