Apologies! Correct title is A Consumer's Republic. Links for library catalogs and purchase:

search.worldcat.org/title/54471431

bookshop.org/p/books/a-co...

Whoops! Serves me right for posting from memory 😅

Lizabeth Cohen's book The Consumer Republic is a great treatment of this development. She argues that postwar economic policy and suburbanization led to personal consumption becoming central to social identity and status. Been thinking about that book a lot lately.

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More details on tonight's elections in San Diego (and also St. Louis!)—and what we know of the results—in the article below.

And also follow @boltsmag.org to make sure to stay on top of local elections happening in all corners!

Rear, if I am remembering correctly

I do not, but I remember it was on Pleasant St, near the corner of Home Ave

A friend of mine used to live in an Oak Park courtyard building with an active inner space. They had some porch furniture and a shared grill + fridge setup. It was an awesome hangout space; wish more courtyard buildings did this.

Spotted this in a store last week

Generally true, but there is a (relatively new) Sri Lankan spot in Rogers Park! thecafenova.com

The visualization is less appealing, but I wanted to share a similar analysis of these data that goes back further (made this for a presentation a while back). We've only had *two* instances since 1920 where a candidate won more votes than the (estimated) number of non-voters: 1964 and 2020.

This is very well put. Even without reviewing any of the data, any claim about outcomes "if everyone voted" is immediately suspect for this reason.

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Looking forward to reading this!