Emily Badger

@emmbadger.bsky.social

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New York Times journalist covering cities and urban policy for The Upshot. emily.badger@nytimes.com, ebadger.21 on Signal

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Emily Badger·Sep 11

If the federal show of force in Washington has had a deterrent effect on crime, it appears to have deterred entirely normal aspects of city life, too. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...

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Emily Badger·Apr 9

The government knows an enormous amount about you in the data systems DOGE has sought to access. Just for starters: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...

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Emily Badger·Feb 22

DOGE's only public ledger is riddled with mistakes. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

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Great @jonathanmahler.bsky.social story on the new politics of housing in the Mamdani era: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/m...

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The Upshot is hiring a data graphics/multimedia editor. Come work with us and make weird things that help people understand the world! job-boards.greenhouse.io/thenewyorkti...

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This 3D model by the NYT of the proposed East Wing ballroom really makes clear how out of scale it is with the rest of the complex...

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We've been tracking nearly 200 lawsuits against the Trump administration over its attempts to leverage federal funding to impose the president's agenda. The most startling pattern: The administration seems entirely undeterred when it loses in court. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Emily Badger·5d

A federal judge finally ruled today that the Trump administration acted illegally in trying to shut down New York's congestion pricing program, via @stefanoschen.bsky.social + Winnie Hu www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/n...

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Emily Badger·Jan 28

Great @natecohn.bsky.social piece on what "affordability" really means to people in this moment, drawing on our most recent polling: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...

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Emily Badger·Jan 22

"The second Trump coalition has unraveled." via @natecohn.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...

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Emily Badger·Jan 21

Many months later, the Social Security Administration acknowledged in court that DOGE employees at the agency shared sensitive data in violation of security policies last spring, just as critics and privacy advocates feared at the time: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...

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Emily Badger·Jan 16

Latest NYT analysis of video footage from the Renee Good shooting capture Ross firing the 2nd and 3rd shots at her after his body is visibly clear of the path of her vehicle. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...

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Emily Badger·Jan 14

Long before construction jobs became dominated by immigrant workers, the appeal of those jobs for American workers began to collapse. Only *then* did immigrants start to fill them. From a *great* story by @rondakaysen.bsky.social + Rob Gebeloff: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...

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