Housing and Homelessness

Want to Understand America’s Housing Crisis? Look to Atlanta. Want to Understand America’s Housing Crisis? Look to Atlanta.

A conversation with Brian Goldstone about There Is No Place for Us, a damning account of a city's failure to address homelessness and how it is a microcosm of the rest of the US.

Apr 1, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Elkind

View through Montana ranch entrance to rangeland with a view of central Montana shows snow covered Crazy Mountains in the background. The Crazy Mountains rise to over 11,000 feet and are located north of Interstate-90 between Billings and Bozeman Montana; they can be seen for many miles along this stretch of Interstate.

Welcome to Bozangeles! Welcome to Bozangeles!

The greater Bozeman, Montana, region has become ground zero for rampant luxury development that is taking the “public” out of public lands.

Mar 27, 2025 / Erica Etelson

Longtime Southside Harm Reduction Services employee and volunteer Marissa Bonnie displays a syringe used to administer Naloxone, a highly effective overdose reversal drug.

What Harm Reduction Really Looks Like What Harm Reduction Really Looks Like

Harm reduction advocates are implementing solidarity-based strategies for curbing drug overdoses in Minneapolis.

Feb 17, 2025 / Photo Essay / Tim Evans

Rhode Island state Senator Cynthia Mendes woke up from her sixth straight night of sleeping in a tent at the Rhode Island Statehouse in Providence, Rhode Island, on December 6, 2021.

“If Not for This, I’d Be Freezing to Death”: The Fight in Providence to Open a Temporary Shelter “If Not for This, I’d Be Freezing to Death”: The Fight in Providence to Open a Temporary Shelter

How a pair of Providence city councilors bucked the mayor—and the trend of homelessness criminalization nationwide—to open an emergency shelter.

Jan 24, 2025 / Thomas Birmingham

(Fossil-)Fueling the California Fires (Fossil-)Fueling the California Fires

Exxon has been knowingly pouring gas on climate problems for decades.

Jan 22, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

A “For Sale” sign remains as homes smolder during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles County, California, on January 8, 2025.

As Los Angeles Burns, It’s Business as Usual in Eviction Court As Los Angeles Burns, It’s Business as Usual in Eviction Court

The relentless progression of eviction proceedings isn’t merely a grim irony amid sudden displacement mere miles away—it’s also a harbinger of the city’s future.

Jan 17, 2025 / Piper French

The Brown Berets, who newly declassified documents reveal were the target of illegal CIA surveillance in the 1960s and ’70s, are still active, as seen here in this 2017 protest against white supremacist activists in San Diego. What we don’t know is whether the CIA has ever really backed off.

The CIA Illegally Spied on Puerto Rican and Mexican American Activists for Decades The CIA Illegally Spied on Puerto Rican and Mexican American Activists for Decades

And is probably still at it. As newly released classified documents confirm activists’ long-held suspicions, the disclosures should also alert us to current dangers.

Jan 16, 2025 / Roberto Lovato

A luxury real-estate sign outside a Santa Fe property

How Santa Fe’s Housing Squeeze Nearly Left Me Homeless How Santa Fe’s Housing Squeeze Nearly Left Me Homeless

Thanks to poor administrative decisions at a local housing complex for artists, the city's poet laureate fell into nerve-wracking precarity

Jan 7, 2025 / Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

As an Ex-President, Jimmy Carter Fought for Peace As an Ex-President, Jimmy Carter Fought for Peace

He did more to advocate for peace as an ex-president than most politicians did in their entire career.

Dec 29, 2024 / Obituary / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Three people in a parking lot outside a residential building look at and sign tenant union cards and materials.

In the US, Tenants Are Usually on Their Own. Can a New National Tenant Union Change That? In the US, Tenants Are Usually on Their Own. Can a New National Tenant Union Change That?

The Tenant Union Federation is fostering a wave of tenant leaders who have been pushed to the margins—many of them elderly, disabled, low-income—as they aim to transform renters i...

Dec 4, 2024 / Thomas Birmingham

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Want to Understand America’s Housing Crisis? Look to Atlanta. Want to Understand America’s Housing Crisis? Look to Atlanta.

Welcome to Bozangeles! Welcome to Bozangeles!

What Harm Reduction Really Looks Like What Harm Reduction Really Looks Like

“If Not for This, I’d Be Freezing to Death”: The Fight in Providence to Open a Temporary Shelter “If Not for This, I’d Be Freezing to Death”: The Fight in Providence to Open a Temporary Shelter

(Fossil-)Fueling the California Fires (Fossil-)Fueling the California Fires

As Los Angeles Burns, It’s Business as Usual in Eviction Court As Los Angeles Burns, It’s Business as Usual in Eviction Court

The CIA Illegally Spied on Puerto Rican and Mexican American Activists for Decades The CIA Illegally Spied on Puerto Rican and Mexican American Activists for Decades

How Santa Fe’s Housing Squeeze Nearly Left Me Homeless How Santa Fe’s Housing Squeeze Nearly Left Me Homeless

As an Ex-President, Jimmy Carter Fought for Peace As an Ex-President, Jimmy Carter Fought for Peace

In the US, Tenants Are Usually on Their Own. Can a New National Tenant Union Change That? In the US, Tenants Are Usually on Their Own. Can a New National Tenant Union Change That?

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Want to Understand America’s Housing Crisis? Look to Atlanta. Want to Understand America’s Housing Crisis? Look to Atlanta.

Welcome to Bozangeles! Welcome to Bozangeles!

What Harm Reduction Really Looks Like What Harm Reduction Really Looks Like

“If Not for This, I’d Be Freezing to Death”: The Fight in Providence to Open a Temporary Shelter “If Not for This, I’d Be Freezing to Death”: The Fight in Providence to Open a Temporary Shelter

(Fossil-)Fueling the California Fires (Fossil-)Fueling the California Fires

As Los Angeles Burns, It’s Business as Usual in Eviction Court As Los Angeles Burns, It’s Business as Usual in Eviction Court

The CIA Illegally Spied on Puerto Rican and Mexican American Activists for Decades The CIA Illegally Spied on Puerto Rican and Mexican American Activists for Decades

How Santa Fe’s Housing Squeeze Nearly Left Me Homeless How Santa Fe’s Housing Squeeze Nearly Left Me Homeless

As an Ex-President, Jimmy Carter Fought for Peace As an Ex-President, Jimmy Carter Fought for Peace

In the US, Tenants Are Usually on Their Own. Can a New National Tenant Union Change That? In the US, Tenants Are Usually on Their Own. Can a New National Tenant Union Change That?