Amanda Abrams
Freelance Reporter at Freelance
Freelance journalist, wife, & mom. People, meditation, dance, ice cream.
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2 weeks ago |
shelterforce.org | Amanda Abrams
This article is part of the Under the Lens series Shelterforce's new Under the Lens series explores the growing use of technology in the housing world. Can the proper guardrails be put in place so “innovative” tools don’t make the housing crisis worse? Top TakeawaysTenant screening software has become an industry standard. It sifts through publicly available and proprietary data to gauge the suitability of potential renters.
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3 weeks ago |
indyweek.com | Amanda Abrams
Are “regular people” increasingly drawn to activism under the Trump administration? Durham resident Kathryn Pollak thinks so. After all, she’s one of them. The Duke social psychologist and researcher had always canvassed for the Democratic Party before elections, but that was the extent of her political activism. Then came Trump’s second electoral victory. Six months later, Pollak’s life has radically changed.
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4 weeks ago |
bloomberg.com | Amanda Abrams
City Museum in St. Louis looks more like an active construction site than a children’s museum. That’s the point, the museum’s leaders say. (Bloomberg) -- Hiding behind a deceptively boring name lies one of the strangest and most unique family attractions in the US — City Museum in St. Louis.
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2 months ago |
businessinsider.com | Zak Jason |Amanda Abrams |Henry Blodget
This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Byron Sellers had wanted to get into real estate investing for years, but the deals he came across were always prohibitively expensive. One day in 2017, he was listening to a real estate podcast while driving for Lyft when he heard about something different: flipping mobile homes.
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Mar 11, 2025 |
fastcompany.com | Amanda Abrams
While the rest of the nation watched in horror, bad weather turned deadly and quickly wreaked havoc. Houses were ravaged, and tens of thousands of residents were displaced. That’s Los Angeles since the historic wildfires struck in January, destroying more than 16,000 structures and leaving thousands of people homeless. It was also western North Carolina in late September after Hurricane Helene created raging rivers that flooded some houses and swept others away.
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