Lab Report: The GOP's Suburban Crisis

Slipping away: Even though the Republican candidate won in Georgia’s special election on Tuesday, the GOP’s stronghold in America’s suburbs—an identity fixed in place with post-World War II growth trends—can be seen eroding now as suburbs diversify and align politically with their neighboring big cities. Reflecting on this week’s election results in Georgia, Politico writes:

Fire aftermath: As the U.K. government prepares to relocate survivors of the Grenfell Tower disaster into a luxury apartment development where units sell for millions, British Prime Minister Theresa May reports that 600 buildings in England still have cladding similar to the type blamed for quickening the fatal high-rise fire. (Curbed, Washington Post)