Torn Apart opens with the harrowing story of a young Black mother from Colorado, Vanessa Peoples, who became the subject of a child welfare investigation after a stranger called the police on her because her...
“Together, we will rewrite the next chapter of our story ensuring that no one is left behind,” said Yusef Salaam. Julia Conley November 8, 2023 Read the full article here Common Dreams
Olivier De Schutter, the United Nations special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, recently issued a scathing statement about the shameful state of the United States economy. On October 31, 2023, De Schutter called out...
Rod Watson November 8, 2023 Read the full article here Buffalo News
If the state and federal governments truly stand behind their commitments to environmental justice, then we should stand with the Tonawanda—for the Big Woods, and for Indigenous land justice. Robin Wall Kimmerer November 7,...
Older housing often lacks adequate air conditioning, and low-income households typically lack the funds to address these issues. Todd Swanstrom September 19, 2023 Read the full article here The Progressive
In the years since the Great Recession, when housing prices dramatically fell, Wall Street investors have been buying large numbers of single-family homes to use as rentals. As of 2022, big investment firms owned nearly 600,000...
Cities across America (and around the world) are proving, with new Universal Basic Income (UBI) experiments, how wrong the old Republican canard really is. And what kind of damage it’s done to America during...
Voters are deciding whether to tax mansions to pay for affordable housing initiatives in a state capital city prized for its desert-mountain vistas, vibrant arts scene and stucco architecture rooted in Native American and...
On November 7, voters will have a chance to stop the tracks from being privatized. Glenn Daigon November 1, 2023 Read the full article here The Progressive