Tanvi Misra, Author at Pacific Standard

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Social Justice

HUD Is Proposing a New Restriction on Housing Assistance. It Could Cost Thousands of Kids Their Homes.

Housing advocates, immigrants' rights groups, social policy think tanks, and public housing management organizations have united in opposition to the rule.

Tanvi Misra

Aerial picture released by Goez Films taken on November 29th, 2018, showing a partial view of the Colombian city of Medellin.

Social Justice

To Successfully Rebuild a City, Don’t Forget the Culture

Culture is an overlooked element in rebuilding cities ravaged by disasters, war, and other forms of urban distress.

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Economics

Where Are Opioid Overdose Deaths Most Likely to Occur?

The popular notion of the opioid crisis primarily affecting rural communities does not hold up, according to new research.

Tanvi Misra

Social Justice

A Tent City in Tornillo, Texas, Housed Thousands of Migrant Children. Now It’s Almost Gone.

Due to Trump administration policies, upwards of 6,000 children were held at the Texas facility over its lifetime. It was the largest migrant child shelter in the country.

Tanvi Misra

Economics

What Would Happen If the Federal Government Gave Citizens Guaranteed Employment?

Many Americans still desperately need good jobs. Among the fixes gaining traction at the moment, particularly on the left, is the idea of a federal jobs guarantee.

Tanvi Misra

A woman and child walk down a street in the Fort Greene neighborhood where the director and artist Spike Lee once lived on February 27th, 2014, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

Social Justice

New Neighbors, New Noise Complaints

A team of researchers mapped the per capita 311 calls for nuisance complaints within gentrifying neighborhoods to find out how the influx of new residents affects racially charged calls to the police.

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People eat outside in a Brooklyn neighborhood.

Social Justice

How Increasingly Diverse Neighborhoods Affect White Anxiety

New research shows what happens in the minds of white Americans when they see demographic change—the results were mixed.

Tanvi Misra

Economics

Who Should Foot the Bill for Trump’s Rallies?

Cities have often ended up underwriting the president's events, even though they've been saddled with some pretty hefty costs in the aftermath.

Tanvi Misra

Social Justice

To Combat ‘Sanctuary Cities’ the Department of Justice Has Opted for Shame and Blame

In response to a lack of success in the legal sphere, the DOJ has sought out stories of immigrant crime in an attempt to influence sanctuary cities like Philadelphia.

Tanvi Misra

Social Justice

Promoting a More Inclusive Bicycle Advocacy Movement

A conversation with urban anthropologist Adonia Lugo about the lack of diversity in bike advocacy, urban infrastructure, and how laws to prevent crashes can adversely affect communities of color.

Tanvi Misra