Jerusalem Demsas is a journalist. Currently, she is a Staff Writer at The Atlantic, where she writes about institutional failure, particularly as it relates to housing and infrastructure in Democratic states and cities, touching on issues of citizen voice, gentrification, and interstate mobility. She has written extensively on housing policy and NIMBY-ism both at The Atlantic and at her previous outlet, Vox Media, where she co-hosted the politics and policy podcast "The Weeds."