Edwin Lyngar explains how, when he was poor, he voted for politicians who wanted to crush the poor — because he thought poverty was a sign he deserved to suffer.

New York City has deployed almost 150 E-ZPass scanners in places that have nothing to do with paying toll.

As usual, the proposed solution is inadequate, because it would not prevent massive state surveillance of people's movements. Systems like E-ZPass should be illegal; toll payment should use anonymous digital cash instead.

The "affordable" apartments behind the separate "poor door" in New York are unaffordable for any poor person.

New York City has insufficient living quarters for the non-rich. What could fix this? One idea is to increase the taxes on dwellings that are the principal residence of too few people for their size. Another is to change zoning law to allow construction of lots more dwellings. I don't know whether these would be sufficient, but they have to help.

Insurance companies sell information about their customers to lawyers who then pester customers looking for their business.

Shell Lobbied to Undermine EU Renewables Targets.