Brian Lee Hendershot
@tktkbrian.bsky.social
Policy, video games, and art | Midwest and museum expat | Words: Western City, The Gamer, Unwinnable, whynow Gaming, Crocker Art, and others | He/Him
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Over the summer, I spoke with community advocates, legal experts, and city leaders about the federal government’s intensified, slipshod, and often dangerous immigration enforcement tactics. (1/3)
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‘We can’t call the President and say stop.’ California cities scrambled to respond to summer immigration sweeps - Western City Magazine
California city officials say the surprise immigration sweeps that started earlier this year have eroded public trust, ...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Over the summer, I spoke with community advocates, legal experts, and city leaders about the federal government’s intensified, slipshod, and often dangerous immigration enforcement tactics. (1/3)
www.westerncity.com/article/we-c...
www.westerncity.com/article/we-c...
Speaking with @brian-goldstone.bsky.social about something that makes me deeply angry was one of the most fun, cathartic things I've done all year. I cannot recommend the book enough, which feels simultaneously radical and not radical enough. Check it (and our conversation) out.
Our Western City managing editor spoke with journalist and author Brian Goldstone about his critically acclaimed book, There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America, and what city leaders can learn from it. Read the conversation: www.westerncity.com/article/who-...
‘Who are our cities for,’ asks Brian Goldstone, ‘if millions of Americans are homeless?’ - Western City Magazine
"The painful truth is that it’s less of a contradiction than just the system functioning the way it’s been designed. That ...
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October 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Speaking with @brian-goldstone.bsky.social about something that makes me deeply angry was one of the most fun, cathartic things I've done all year. I cannot recommend the book enough, which feels simultaneously radical and not radical enough. Check it (and our conversation) out.
As always, it was truly a pleasure to edit @johnlorinc.bsky.social's work. And I'm extremely thrilled that folks like @brenttoderian.bsky.social are willing to chat with us. Glad to see all that hard work finally pay off.
NEW: “Some still insist ‘downtowns will never attract kids and shouldn’t try.’ Then they design downtown to virtually repel kids, and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Vancouver proves the opposite can be true...”
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I’m quoted in this article by @johnlorinc.bsky.social for @calcities.bsky.social
People want to have kids and live downtown. Can they? - Western City Magazine
For decades, planners focused on attracting young singles to dense urban cores. That dynamic has shifted, in part because ...
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October 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
As always, it was truly a pleasure to edit @johnlorinc.bsky.social's work. And I'm extremely thrilled that folks like @brenttoderian.bsky.social are willing to chat with us. Glad to see all that hard work finally pay off.
Shout-out to 2023 — one of my favorite years so far! I spoke to a lot of interesting people for some stories, got accepted into a nifty fellowship, spent more time with loved ones, and even made it out to PAX West. It took a decade, but I finally started hitting my stride! No pressure 2024 Brian 😓
January 1, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Shout-out to 2023 — one of my favorite years so far! I spoke to a lot of interesting people for some stories, got accepted into a nifty fellowship, spent more time with loved ones, and even made it out to PAX West. It took a decade, but I finally started hitting my stride! No pressure 2024 Brian 😓