Jerusalem Demsas
American journalist on housing; founder and editor-in-chief of The Argument.
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- Jerusalem Demsas is an Eritrean-American journalist who writes about housing and institutional failure.
- Demsas founded The Argument, a liberal online magazine, and is its editor-in-chief.
- Demsas wrote for Vox and was a staff writer at The Atlantic from 2022, where Demsas hosted Good on Paper.
- Demsas wrote On the Housing Crisis (2024).
Key facts
- Born
- March 1995, Ethiopia, to Eritrean parents1
- Education
- Economics, College of William & Mary (2017)1
- The Argument
- Founder and editor-in-chief1
- Earlier
- Vox, on housing and policy (co-hosted The Weeds); staff writer at The Atlantic from 2022, host of Good on Paper1
- Book
- On the Housing Crisis: Land, Development, Democracy (2024)1
- Awards
- ASME Next Award (2023)1
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- The ArgumentOrganization
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