The Official U.S. Congressional website of Congressman Sean Casten

Some excellent news today out of New York City: New Yorkers will get a chance to vote on three housing-related ballot measures that would shift more power over new development to the mayor despite a late push by the City Council to keep the initiatives off the November ballot. The New York City Board of […]

From Canada’s bus abundance to tech-bro transit fantasies, Jarrett Walker dismantles the myths and shows what an effective system really looks like.

The first-ever authorized adaptation of the groundbreaking 1956 novel is making its debut not in New York or Paris, but in Mt. Airy's Sedgwick Theater.

The Birth of Italy's Fascist Dictatorship

[If you’ve had your fill of politics for the day and are looking for something else to talk about, this is a guest post by LGM commenter Murc on the twentieth anniversary of the beloved, seminal animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. Enjoy!] Water. Earth. Fire. Air. Long ago, the four nations lived together in […]

The work of teaching has never been harder, Seth C. Bruggeman writes.