Author: Thomas McCall

  • Centering Equity in Urban COVID-19 Recovery

    Centering Equity in Urban COVID-19 Recovery

    Even before the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, socioeconomic inequality plagued cities across the globe. The pandemic itself has both deepened those existing wounds and ripped open new ones. In the United States, neighborhoods predominantly inhabited by people of color have experienced the highest rates of both infections and deaths,…

  • Abolish Single-Family Zoning

    Abolish Single-Family Zoning

    In the United States and abroad, housing crises abound; from San Francisco to Auckland, New Zealand, shortages of affordable housing options are common. One cause of such shortages is zoning laws, which in the United States have been around for decade and, at first glance, are sensible. There should be…