https://freerepublic.com/tag/emilybadger/ en-us Mon, 27 Jul 2026 22:53:35 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4389581/posts For decades, the federal government has funneled big-ticket grants to local communities to help them take on ambitious construction projects to expand public transit. The grants, sometimes in the billions of dollars, have funded new railroad tracks, train stations and roads rebuilt for modern bus service. Today, they’re funding extensions of the Second Avenue Subway in New York and the Red Line in Chicago, as well as the Gateway Tunnel under the Hudson River and bus infrastructure in Indianapolis and San Antonio.But since President Trump returned to office, the Federal Transit Administration has not signed a single new agreement under... The New York Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4389581/posts#comment Mon, 27 Jul 2026 22:53:35 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3309380/posts <p>In the above picture of Portland, Ore., from Dustin Cable's breathtaking Racial Dot Map, each blue dot represents a white resident counted during the 2010 census. The city itself is about 76 percent white, making it the whitest big city in the U.S. And diversity has been dwindling in the neighborhoods close to the center of town, as minorities have increasingly moved out to the city's edges.</p> The Washington Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3309380/posts#comment Wed, 8 Jul 2015 22:35:00 GMT