Podcast appearances and mentions of Rachel M Cohen

You've heard of YIMBYs and NIMBYs, but have you heard of YIGBYs? YIGBY stands for “Yes In God's Backyard,” and it's a movement focused on leveraging land owned by religious institutions to alleviate the housing crisis. This has the potential to benefit both people in need of housing and religious institutions. In this episode of Upzoned, hosts Abby Newsham and Chuck Marohn discuss the potential benefits of the YIGBY movement, the practicalities of implementing it, and broader mindsets surrounding religious institutions and what their land should be used for. ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES “Yes in God's backyard?” by Rachel M. Cohen, Vox (June 2024). Abby Newsham (X/Twitter). Chuck Marohn (Twitter/X). Theme Music by Kemet the Phantom.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit wisdomofcrowds.liveThis week's podcast is a recording of a live event. Rachel M. Cohen, a senior policy reporter for Vox, recently published an essay where she asks: “To our generation, being a mom looks thankless, exhausting, and lonely. Can we change the story?” As listeners know, this question speaks right to the heart of Wisdom of Crowds. Christine and Shadi invited Rachel to discuss her piece before a live audience in Washington, DC on March 20. The topics of conversation included marriage, singleness, hope, dread, and love. For paid subscribers, the bonus content is an intense Q&A with the audience, where the Crowd challenges the panelists on several points.Required Reading:* “Why Millennials Learned to Dread Motherhood,” by Rachel M. Cohen (Vox).* “Men are Lost. Here's a Map Out of the Wilderness,” by Christine Emba (Washington Post).* Shadi Hamid, “The Dilemmas of Living in a Post-Religious World” (Washington Post).

A suburb of Washington, DC is exploring a new approach to creating more affordable housing through public-private partnerships. And it's seeing success! In this episode of Upzoned, Chuck and Abby discuss the history of public housing and government housing subsidies in the US, the good, the bad and the ugly. Then they consider whether this new model could be helpful or harmful to cities. ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES “What if public housing were for everyone?” by Rachel M. Cohen, Vox (February 2024). Escaping the Housing Trap: A Strong Towns Response to the Housing Crisis by Charles Marohn. Available for preorder now! Abby Newsham (X/Twitter). Chuck Marohn (X/Twitter). Theme Music by Kemet the Phantom.

The ladies discuss if justice can be served through financial payouts following the $12 million settlement paid to the family of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman murdered by police officers, whether you should delete all traces of your ex from social media or have the right to ask your partner to do so, if sanitary products should be made free in the UK and how alternative sanitary products could help fight period poverty, and whether age is just a number when it comes to dating and relationships.Subscribe to our newsletter for your weekly dose of Extra Ethnic:https://mailchi.mp/c2749d9238ee/extraethnic--------------------------------------- FOLLOW THE CONVERSATION #EthnicallySpeakingInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/unitedmelanincoFacebook: https://facebook.com/unitedmelanincoTwitter: https://instagram.com/unitedmelanincoLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unitedmelaninco/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UnitedMelaninGroupGet in touch with us: ethnicallyspeaking@unitedmelaningroup.com---------------------------------------- LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE https://unitedmelaningroup.com/es016(Website – Show notes)https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-54210448(Article – Breonna Taylor: What happened on the night of her death? – BBC News)https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-54165646(Article – Breonna Taylor: Louisville to pay family $12m over police shooting – BBC News)https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/09/breonna-taylor-settlement-police-taxpayers.html(Article – Defund the Louisville Police by $12 Million – Aviva Shen for SLATE)https://www.netflix.com/title/80091741(Documentary – 13th – Directed by Ava DuVernay)https://theintercept.com/2019/05/02/minnesota-police-convicted-justine-damond/(Article – After a black cop was convicted of killing a white woman, Minnesota activists say focus should be police reform – Rachel M. Cohen for The Intercept)https://youtu.be/8ebWFnGWOaA(Video – Angela Davis: Abolishing police is not just about dismantling. It's also about building up – Democracy Now! YouTube channel)https://www.amazon.co.uk/Purge-Ethan-Hawke/dp/B00FZR1A0W(Film – The Purge – Directed by James DeMonaco)https://www.elitedaily.com/p/should-you-keep-the-photos-you-have-with-your-ex-expert-explains-when-it-is-isnt-ok-7516522(Article – Should You Keep The Photos You Have With Your Ex? An Expert Explains When It Is & Isn't OK – Tayi Senusi for Elite Daily)https://www.elitedaily.com/p/if-you-cant-bring-yourself-to-delete-photos-of-your-ex-experts-say-you-shouldnt-worry-15729528(Article – If You Can't Bring Yourself To Delete Photos Of Your Ex, Experts Say You Shouldn't Worry – Tayi Senusi for Elite Daily)https://youtu.be/nmX0BfzmLYg(Video – 11 Blackfishing, Changing Your Last Name, Renting Clothes & Yay Or Nay To PDA | ETHNICALLY SPEAKING – United Melanin Group YouTube channel)https://youtu.be/_2S2YOZ3zPc(Video – 14 Cuties Controversy, Redundant Royals, Safer Sex Work & Religious Conversion | ETHNICALLY SPEAKING – United Melanin Group YouTube channel)https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/world-menstrual-hygiene-day-alternative-sanitary-products-period-pants-pads-tampons-cups-a8932916.html(Article – WORLD MENSTRUAL HYGIENE DAY 2020: ALTERNATIVE SANITARY PRODUCTS, FROM PERIOD PANTS TO MOONCUPS – Sabrina Barr for The Independent)https://www.mooncup.co.uk/(Website – Mooncup)https://www.organicup.com/(Website – OrganiCup)----------------------------------------Each week join Anissa, Luanda Yasmin and Sophie Hannah, three smart, curious and opinionated highly-melanated women, as they discuss everything from current affairs to pop culture, and everything in between. No subject is off limits for these ladies, especially when it comes to issues affecting British communities of colour. Get ready to laugh, learn and liberate your mind, because if there's one thing you can guarantee, it's that the Ethnically Speaking ladies will be giving it to you straight!----------------------------------------Music by GC

Jessica Cisneros is having a moment. She's 26-year-old lawyer from Laredo, Texas, is making her first bid for office in a district that stretches along the Mexican border and up toward San Antonio. That's a long way from Washington. But everyone is talking about this political newcomer. Elizabeth Warren calls her "a Democrat that will be on the side of working people; not the side of big money and obstructionist Republicans." Emily's List is backing her, as is the Justice Democrats movement. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says Cisneros "is going to fight for real people, not big corporate donors like the Koch Brothers, GEO Group, and Exxon. When Jessica is elected, not only will I no longer be the youngest person in Congress - I'll have a strong new ally in the fight for Medicare for All, getting corporate money out of politics, and fixing our broken immigration system." What's striking is that Cisneros is not running for an open seat, or taking on a Republican incumbent in the sprawling 28th district of Texas. She's running against a Democratic incumbent, Henry Cuellar, who ran his first campaign for public office almost a decade before Cisneros was born. Cuellar's a so-called "Blue Dog" Democrat who takes money from the private prison industry, votes with the NRA and often breaks with fellow Democrats to side with President Trump. Yet, he's backed by House Democratic leaders such as Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The Texas-28 race will not be the only contest that tests establishment versus insurgent sentiments in 2020. But it's shaping up as one of the biggest ones.  Cisneros is forcing Democrats to take sides as she mounts a classic challenge to the compromises that the party so frequently makes. We spoke to her in Laredo and she is our guest this week on Next Left. SHOW NOTES: Labor, Ever So Gingerly, Tiptoes into the Insurgency (https://theintercept.com/2019/11/01/jessica-cisneros-texas-labor-unions/) The Intercept Rachel M. Cohen Jessica Cisneros on Challenging an Incumbent Democrat: ‘There’s a Lot He Has Never Had to Justify’ (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/03/us/politics/jessica-cisneros-2020.html) The New York Times Jennifer Medina Meet Jessica Cisneros, the 26-Year-Old Left Challenger Taking on ‘Trump’s Favorite Democrat’ (http://inthesetimes.com/article/21973/jessica-cisneros-trump-henry-cuellar-justice-democrats) In These Times Malaika Jabali This 26-Year-Old Running For Congress Wants to be the AOC of Texas (https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a35dd5/this-26-year-old-running-for-congress-wants-to-be-the-aoc-of-texas) VICE News Tracy Jarrett and Alicia Menendez

Live from Mexico City, correspondent Laura Carlsen reports on Trump, AMLO and the ends of NAFTA. / Journalist Rachel M. Cohen examines a 50 year shift - in people and politics - between cities and suburbs.