Sep 2026· Dissent (New York)· Vol 73, pp. 105 - 111· 0 citations
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Abstract:Is there a better place to build an ultra-luxury resort than on a former military base in the Adriatic? For Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, there was no question. In December 2024, shortly after Donald Trump won his second term, the Albanian government gave preliminary approval for the couple's project on Sazan, a small island at the country's westernmost point, along with a portion of protected coastline. The proposal promised to transform the designated military exclusion zone and wildlife reserve into a high-end paradise with 800 guest rooms and suites, villas, a water park, and, naturally, a golf course. In a recent interview, Ivanka described the venture as "the culmination of all of my experience in real estate, all of my travel, a lot of reflection on how I want to live, how I think people increasingly are wanting to live."
Abstract:In hotel ballrooms across Iowa on the eve of the state's 2020 caucuses, members of the Yang Gang handed out fake $1,000 bills with the face of presidential candidate Andrew Yang and the emblazoned words "FREEDOM DIVIDEND." This funny money was kitsch, but what it represented was, even for those who knew better...
Abstract:My first collective bargaining meeting took place in the laundry room of an apartment building in Williamsburg. After a months-long rent strike, the tenants I had helped to organize finally forced the landlord to recognize their association and to negotiate with them collectively. When the landlord's represent...
ABSTRACT In 2022, the author, Cory Doctorow, coined the term “enshittification” to describe how the internet is declining in value to its end-users, due to the prevalence of monopolies and an emphasis on short-term gain over upholding long-term standards and practices. He diagnosed a cycle that has become common to dig...
Cory Doctorow· Bulletin of the Atomic Scien...· 0 citations
In 1983, when Wallace Stegner proclaimed that national parks were America’s best idea, he was responding to two basic themes then running through American culture and politics. First, he wanted to capture in one phrase his immense pride in and gratitude for a nation that had made and sustained its commitment to protect...
Community opposition to development has become a defining constraint on project delivery across the US. NIMBYism (‘not in my backyard’) is no longer confined to dense urban markets or politically sensitive land uses. It now affects industrial facilities, data centres, energy infrastructure and affordable housing in mar...
Sarah White· Corporate Real Estate Journa...· 0 citations
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