We Can Have Nice Things
Stephanie Nakhleh, Daniel Werwath, Roger ValdezStephanie Nakhleh is a journalist from Los Alamos covering how policy shapes daily life. She writes about systems, housing, and local government—and what it takes to build a future that works better for more people.
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Stephanie Nakhleh is a journalist from Los Alamos covering how policy shapes daily life. She writes about systems, housing, and local government—and what it takes to build a future that works better for more people.
Working on housing affordability for the last couple decades in New Mexico and the Mountain West.
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