The Great American Stalemate

Housing locked, jobs frozen, justice bent, Gaza displaced, COVID ignored, and in Alaska, Trump got played by Putin’s ankles.

Good morning! Remember when Americans chased opportunity with a U-Haul, a handshake, and an unreasonable security deposit? That dynamism is jammed in park. Mobility, both geographic and economic, has fallen to record lows, and the “go where the jobs are” story now comes with a footnote: only if you can forfeit your 3% mortgage, eat the moving bill, and …