The Policy Memo That Will Never Be Read
I wrote a forty-page memo on housing displacement. The policy director said great, we will excerpt two paragraphs for the brief. Forty pages. Two paragraphs....
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Data Dashboard Met Grandma's Stories
My housing displacement report used charts. At the community meeting, a grandmother said numbers do not show her neighbors. She is right. Policy work is stit...
I Ran the Numbers on Leaving and Staying
Spreadsheet Sunday. Stay: health insurance, vest cliff in eight months, misery indexed daily. Leave: freedom, COBRA, panic. I added a column for dignity. Cou...
The Promotion Email Used the Word Family
I got promoted. The email said we are a family. The vesting schedule says we are a transaction. New title. Same open floor plan. Same paycheck that covers re...
My Landlord Called the Rent "Affordable Housing"
Rent went up eight percent. The email said still below market rate, as though relative expense were a virtue. I did the math. It is not affordable. It is exp...