The podcast follows the action on election day as far-right activists back candidates for school superintendent, county clerk and sheriff.
Laura Bliss
Laura Bliss is a reporter and editor for CityLab in San Francisco. She also writes MapLab, a biweekly newsletter about maps.
A group of residents in Sequim, Washington, forms the Good Governance League to take back the city council and fight far-right ideology.
The logging facility will be a major help in forest-thinning projects that are urgently needed in California and Nevada to aid fire prevention, advocates say.
Episode 5 of the podcast looks at how opposition to a center for opioid addiction fed anti-government fervor and factored into the ouster of Sequim’s city manager.
Episode 4 of the podcast looks at how a far-right majority governing California’s Shasta County used its newfound power to lift Covid restrictions.
Episode 3 of the podcast shows how right-wing activists in California got a ballot measure to recall one of Shasta County’s Republican supervisors.
Episode 2 of the podcast looks at efforts to recall Republican county supervisors in Shasta County on grounds they hadn’t done enough to fight California’s Covid mandates.
With the national spotlight on the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol, a new podcast series from Bloomberg CityLab and iHeartMedia shows two communities grappling with far-right politicians and ideologies.
Lawmakers are debating whether to keep vehicles off a major road in Golden Gate Park. But opponents of the car ban worry about disability access and other issues.
In maps and essays, a new book from Bloomberg CityLab charts the less visible changes of a global pandemic.
In 2020, we asked readers to create homemade maps of how Covid-19 reshaped their worlds. Two years later, we asked them again. Here are 12 stories of personal navigation, from 2020 to now.
A planned community set to rise in a suburb near Salt Lake City could feature a network of shared mobility hubs and walking trails — plus tens of thousands of parking spots.
Ridership gains in New York and other major cities may be a sign of returning commuters, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine rattles the energy market.
A study of one of the largest U.S. pilots to provide direct cash payments finds some of its greatest benefits were intangible.
A new exhibit explores how maps shape the stories we read — and vice versa.
Cutting back trees by as much as 80% could help them withstand wildfire, drought and infestations
L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti’s plan to boost the city’s drought resiliency includes investment in water treatment and recycling facilities. In the era of mega-drought, will it be enough?
Calling road fatalities an “unacceptable” crisis, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced a National Roadway Safety Strategy with an ambitious goal: zero traffic deaths.
