Homeless Homicides Are On the Rise Homeless Homicides Are On the Rise
The rising number of unhoused people being murdered in the United States is a grim and urgent reminder of our country's housing crisis.
Mar 23, 2023 / Photo Essay / Thacher Schmid
The Cost of Housing in America Has Become Untenable The Cost of Housing in America Has Become Untenable
A permanent cohort of people without housing has come to seem like a natural part of American life.
Mar 22, 2023 / Rebecca Gordon
California Hangs Its Homeless Population Out to Dry California Hangs Its Homeless Population Out to Dry
Recent floods have worsened the state’s housing crisis, and the local government’s response is proving woefully inadequate once again.
Jan 6, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky
Reflections on Vienna’s Social Housing Model From Tenant Advocates Reflections on Vienna’s Social Housing Model From Tenant Advocates
I participated in a 50-person delegation that toured Vienna's social housing developments last fall. What we saw should make Americans rethink how we approach housing.
Jan 5, 2023 / Oksana Mironova
The Butler Didn’t Do It! On Rian Johnson’s “Glass Onion” The Butler Didn’t Do It! On Rian Johnson’s “Glass Onion”
While Knives Out was a brilliant inversion of the class politics of an Agatha Christie whodunit, the sequel wants to have it both ways.
Dec 29, 2022 / Ethan Iverson
Is Eric Adams Bringing Back the Asylum? Is Eric Adams Bringing Back the Asylum?
Adams calls his new involuntary hospitalization order a “moral mandate” to “deliver for our most vulnerable.” What the policy actually delivers is an era akin to the age of the car...
Dec 7, 2022 / Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Artie Vierkant
10 Years After Sandy, Renters Remain Most Vulnerable to the Impacts of Climate Change 10 Years After Sandy, Renters Remain Most Vulnerable to the Impacts of Climate Change
Since Hurricane Sandy hit the US in 2012, it has become clear that no one is immune to climate disaster. At this point, it's more a question of who has the means to survive it.
Oct 28, 2022 / Lena P. Afridi
How Black Landowners in the South Are Recovering Lost Generational Wealth How Black Landowners in the South Are Recovering Lost Generational Wealth
Industry encroachment and farm consolidation contributed to decades of Black-owned land loss. In North Carolina, many are fighting to recoup what was lost.
Oct 26, 2022 / Photo Essay / Cameron Oglesby
Philly Tenants Are Fighting on the Front Lines of the Low-Income Housing Crisis Philly Tenants Are Fighting on the Front Lines of the Low-Income Housing Crisis
As rents skyrocket, cities can’t afford to lose low-income housing like West Philadelphia’s UC Townhomes.
Aug 11, 2022 / Chris Gelardi
Forced Treatment Isn’t What Unhoused People Need Forced Treatment Isn’t What Unhoused People Need
California will use CARE Courts to coerce people living on the streets who are perceived to have a mental illness into involuntary care.
Aug 9, 2022 / Cecelia Luis