infrastructure
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SLU Prof. Kafui Attoh on WNYC’s On the Media
Last week, SLU Urban Studies Professor Kafui Attoh made an appearance on WNYC’s On the Media to talk about the relationship between public transportation and democracy, closing out an hour that explores the injustices that undergird “feel good” stories about workers persevering through horrifying commutes and the perils of self-driving cars. From On the Media:…
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Uber, the “Metropocalypse,” and Economic Inequality in D.C.
This post originally appeared at Working-Class Perspectives. By Katie Wells, Kafui Attoh, and Declan Cullen Public transit infrastructure in Washington, D.C. is crumbling. Metro and bus services have been cut. Fares have gone up. And, safety remains a problem. After 40 years of deferred maintenance, poor management, and the lack of decent, long-term funding, the Metro…
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How Poor Public Transit Makes Idiots of Us All
This post originally appeared on the London School of Economics Policy Blog. For more on the public transit crisis, join us for our October 13th forum “Getting Back on Track: The New York Transit Crisis.“ By Kafui Attoh The bourgeoisie has subjected the country to the rule of the towns. It has created enormous cities,…
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Avoiding Concessions Under Trump
In a recent In These Times article (When Raising the Minimum Wage is a Bad Thing), Murphy Prof. Stephanie Luce and Jen Kern warn of the perils of conceding ground on minimum wage in the name of short term gains: First, we cannot accept short-term gains in the form of a higher wage if they mean concessions…
