Deonna Anderson
@iamdeonna.bsky.social
📝 Journalist and editorial director @ nextcity.org.
✊🏾 Proud queer (💓💜💙) Black woman.
📍Based on Ohlone land (Bay Area).
🖊 Poem in header by Lucille Clifton.
✊🏾 Proud queer (💓💜💙) Black woman.
📍Based on Ohlone land (Bay Area).
🖊 Poem in header by Lucille Clifton.
"Faced with a drop in ridership that it expects to never fully recover, BART likely will need to overhaul its funding model. Fares and parking fees once paid for 70% of operating costs before Covid, but now, they cover only 25%." WOW! www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
A $6 Billion Shortfall Has US Mass Transit Facing a Death Spiral
The federal government stepped in with $70 billion to get commuter rail and bus service through the pandemic. The funds are running out.
www.bloomberg.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"Faced with a drop in ridership that it expects to never fully recover, BART likely will need to overhaul its funding model. Fares and parking fees once paid for 70% of operating costs before Covid, but now, they cover only 25%." WOW! www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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The Yellowhammer Fund is operating again, which will help Alabama women get the reproductive care that they need, despite the state's abortion ban. @followers #abortion #abortionrights
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Alabama abortion fund operating again after lawsuit clears threats
Two-year legal battle ends with the Yellowhammer Fund once again being a resource for Alabama women to get help paying for abortions.
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April 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The Yellowhammer Fund is operating again, which will help Alabama women get the reproductive care that they need, despite the state's abortion ban. @followers #abortion #abortionrights
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Well, that's an interesting decision. www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/inglewo...
$2.4B Inglewood, California, people mover mothballed
The city council approved a new phased approach to its Transit Connector project that will instead emphasize new bus lanes ahead of the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
www.smartcitiesdive.com
April 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Well, that's an interesting decision. www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/inglewo...
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it’s not an important point at all, but I just can’t get over the fact that these people apparently believe they’d do well in a “meritocracy” after failing upwards their entire lives
April 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
it’s not an important point at all, but I just can’t get over the fact that these people apparently believe they’d do well in a “meritocracy” after failing upwards their entire lives
This former plantation in Louisiana focuses on the truths of slavery and the experiences of people who were enslaved. This history is so important to tell and preserve. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump cuts federal grants to plantation museum focused on reality of slavery
Whitney Plantation has two grants for Black history and culture terminated in ‘furtherance of president’s agenda’
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This former plantation in Louisiana focuses on the truths of slavery and the experiences of people who were enslaved. This history is so important to tell and preserve. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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This type of grant has suffered huge cuts and received less attention than others, despite being no less crucial for addressing the housing crisis: technical assistance for nonprofits, tribes and housing authorities. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
This HUD Funding Stream Was Cut. It Means Less Money for Technical Assistance.
Technical assistance might sound boring but it’s vital for addressing homelessness and the housing crisis — especially in tribal and rural communities.
nextcity.org
April 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This type of grant has suffered huge cuts and received less attention than others, despite being no less crucial for addressing the housing crisis: technical assistance for nonprofits, tribes and housing authorities. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
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BlocPower promised to help electrify Ithaca. Now it has ended its support.
The company ended its collaboration with the city in New York after completing the electrification of only 10 buildings.
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#GreenSky #Climate #NewYork #Ithaca
The company ended its collaboration with the city in New York after completing the electrification of only 10 buildings.
grist.org/buildings/bl...
#GreenSky #Climate #NewYork #Ithaca
BlocPower promised to help electrify Ithaca. Now it has ended its support.
In 2021, the small city of Ithaca announced it would electrify all of its 6,000 buildings with the help of one key partner: a technology company called BlocPower, whose then-CEO Donnel Baird said the ...
grist.org
February 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
BlocPower promised to help electrify Ithaca. Now it has ended its support.
The company ended its collaboration with the city in New York after completing the electrification of only 10 buildings.
grist.org/buildings/bl...
#GreenSky #Climate #NewYork #Ithaca
The company ended its collaboration with the city in New York after completing the electrification of only 10 buildings.
grist.org/buildings/bl...
#GreenSky #Climate #NewYork #Ithaca
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What a strange time for a book to come out, especially one that’s a lot about racial justice and racial equity and inclusion and the interplay between public policy and private sector. And yet. Today is publication day for my first book, The Banks We Deserve.
Buy it now: https://buff.ly/4gn36It
Buy it now: https://buff.ly/4gn36It
February 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
What a strange time for a book to come out, especially one that’s a lot about racial justice and racial equity and inclusion and the interplay between public policy and private sector. And yet. Today is publication day for my first book, The Banks We Deserve.
Buy it now: https://buff.ly/4gn36It
Buy it now: https://buff.ly/4gn36It
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Just to be clear, because the NYT doesn't spell this out in the article: This is clearly an effort to defund, and therefore destroy, our nation's public broadcasters. At a time when the information ecosystem is crumbling under the weight disinformation, this effort could not be more nefarious.
scoop w/@dmccabe: The F.C.C.'s commissioner, Brendan Carr, has ordered an investigation into NPR and PBS stations
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/b...
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F.C.C. Chair Orders Investigation Into NPR and PBS Stations
Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, recently expressed concern about NPR and PBS’s sponsorships.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Just to be clear, because the NYT doesn't spell this out in the article: This is clearly an effort to defund, and therefore destroy, our nation's public broadcasters. At a time when the information ecosystem is crumbling under the weight disinformation, this effort could not be more nefarious.
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Oh hey btw have I said on here that I wrote a book?
It's about why banking should be much more locally-owned & -controlled. Kind of like it used to be in this country but definitely not exactly like it used to be. Like, no redlining. But definitely much more local.
Out 2/4. Or pre-order now.
It's about why banking should be much more locally-owned & -controlled. Kind of like it used to be in this country but definitely not exactly like it used to be. Like, no redlining. But definitely much more local.
Out 2/4. Or pre-order now.
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January 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Oh hey btw have I said on here that I wrote a book?
It's about why banking should be much more locally-owned & -controlled. Kind of like it used to be in this country but definitely not exactly like it used to be. Like, no redlining. But definitely much more local.
Out 2/4. Or pre-order now.
It's about why banking should be much more locally-owned & -controlled. Kind of like it used to be in this country but definitely not exactly like it used to be. Like, no redlining. But definitely much more local.
Out 2/4. Or pre-order now.
In some cases, the street sprawl is due to the topography. In other cases, it was a design choice. This means that planners can make different choices during the rebuilding phase instead of merely repeating the mistakes of the past. #urbanplanning
In the Wake of Devastating Wildfires, Could L.A. Rebuild More Connected Streets?
Street sprawl not only makes evacuating a wildfire more difficult, one researcher explains, it also locks in car dependency.
nextcity.org
January 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
In some cases, the street sprawl is due to the topography. In other cases, it was a design choice. This means that planners can make different choices during the rebuilding phase instead of merely repeating the mistakes of the past. #urbanplanning
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A statement from the Washington Post Guild on today's unconscionable layoffs.
January 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
A statement from the Washington Post Guild on today's unconscionable layoffs.
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Op-ed: Black urban farmers are healing Baltimore’s wounds by helping address racial injustice, cultural disconnection and environmental degradation.
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In Baltimore, Urban Farming Isn’t Just About Growing Food
Op-ed: Black urban farmers are healing Baltimore’s wounds by helping address racial injustice, cultural disconnection and environmental degradation.
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January 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Op-ed: Black urban farmers are healing Baltimore’s wounds by helping address racial injustice, cultural disconnection and environmental degradation.
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Necessary disclaimer that building housing is good but the 18% increase in homelessness year over year can not be explained away as a housing supply issue especially since multifamily housing construction hit a 50 year peak in 2022
December 27, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Necessary disclaimer that building housing is good but the 18% increase in homelessness year over year can not be explained away as a housing supply issue especially since multifamily housing construction hit a 50 year peak in 2022
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Wow! It looks like we need just 25 new people to reach 1,150 sustaining members of @nextcity.org!
That milestone would make a tremendous difference in the sustainability of our unique brand of journalism.
Are you able to start a monthly pledge of any size? nextcity.org/donate#monthly
That milestone would make a tremendous difference in the sustainability of our unique brand of journalism.
Are you able to start a monthly pledge of any size? nextcity.org/donate#monthly
December 11, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Wow! It looks like we need just 25 new people to reach 1,150 sustaining members of @nextcity.org!
That milestone would make a tremendous difference in the sustainability of our unique brand of journalism.
Are you able to start a monthly pledge of any size? nextcity.org/donate#monthly
That milestone would make a tremendous difference in the sustainability of our unique brand of journalism.
Are you able to start a monthly pledge of any size? nextcity.org/donate#monthly
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Public radio journalists of Bluesky, please take note and help spread the word:
We're working on an episode about what the current threats to funding for public media would mean for your community. We want to hear about the journalism that only public radio can do:
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We're working on an episode about what the current threats to funding for public media would mean for your community. We want to hear about the journalism that only public radio can do:
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On the Media: Call Out to Local Stations
At On the Media, we're working on an hour all about the state of public radio. We're concerned with the role of stations in their local communities; how public media has been politicized; and what a c...
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December 9, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Public radio journalists of Bluesky, please take note and help spread the word:
We're working on an episode about what the current threats to funding for public media would mean for your community. We want to hear about the journalism that only public radio can do:
forms.gle/KWf2XYgQX1cV...
We're working on an episode about what the current threats to funding for public media would mean for your community. We want to hear about the journalism that only public radio can do:
forms.gle/KWf2XYgQX1cV...
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Big news: Grist is proud to announce the new cycle for its 3 paid, remote climate reporting fellowships! This career building experience runs May 5, 2025 - April 30, 2026, and is ideal for early-career individuals. More: job-boards.greenhouse.io/grist
December 10, 2024 at 8:51 PM
Big news: Grist is proud to announce the new cycle for its 3 paid, remote climate reporting fellowships! This career building experience runs May 5, 2025 - April 30, 2026, and is ideal for early-career individuals. More: job-boards.greenhouse.io/grist
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Haymarket Books for $10 (or less)
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Check out these recent and classic Haymarket Books releases that you may have missed, each currently available for under $10.
This beautifully illustrated guide, based on the collectiv...
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December 9, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Haymarket Books for $10 (or less)
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Cities face urgent challenges, and Next City is leading the charge to share solutions. Help our newsroom raise $40,000 by year’s end—every dollar donated will be doubled! Let’s move toward justice and equity together. Donate now: nextcity.org/donate
December 6, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Cities face urgent challenges, and Next City is leading the charge to share solutions. Help our newsroom raise $40,000 by year’s end—every dollar donated will be doubled! Let’s move toward justice and equity together. Donate now: nextcity.org/donate
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Thanks to a generous pledge from our board and NewsMatch, for a limited time, new monthly donations to @nextcity.org are matched for an entire year.
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Thanks to a generous pledge from our board and NewsMatch, for a limited time, new monthly donations to @nextcity.org are matched for an entire year.
There's no better time to give.
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December 3, 2024 at 5:15 PM
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Feels like required reading for anyone who cares about democracy.
I was preparing to pitch an op-ed on the nationwide protests calling for President Yoon's resignation, aiming to provide global context amid the limited international coverage.
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
South Korea Is Fighting for Democracy Again—And the World Needs to Know
Last updated December 3, 10:09 AM South Korea Is Fighting for Democracy Again—And the World Needs to Know Heesoo Jang Assistant Professor of Media Law and Ethics Journalism Department, University of...
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December 4, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Feels like required reading for anyone who cares about democracy.
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White people, it’s not enough to not be racist. Y’all need to HATE racism like Kendrick Lamar hates Drake. Commit to the goddamned bit.
November 25, 2024 at 7:23 PM
White people, it’s not enough to not be racist. Y’all need to HATE racism like Kendrick Lamar hates Drake. Commit to the goddamned bit.
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another woman is dead because doctors refused to give her standard medical care AFTER SHE ALREADY MISCARRIED. abortion bans are killing women even if they don’t need one. porsha ngumezi should be alive.
A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.
Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2024 at 1:52 PM
another woman is dead because doctors refused to give her standard medical care AFTER SHE ALREADY MISCARRIED. abortion bans are killing women even if they don’t need one. porsha ngumezi should be alive.
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It is so discouraging to see that the media hasn't learned a single thing over the past decade. They normalize the absolutely insane things Trump and his surrogates do and treat them as legitimate.
November 15, 2024 at 10:46 PM
It is so discouraging to see that the media hasn't learned a single thing over the past decade. They normalize the absolutely insane things Trump and his surrogates do and treat them as legitimate.