Housing and Homelessness

Brad Lander and AOC

Brad Lander Knows How to Achieve the Big, Bold Structural Changes That Will Transform New York Brad Lander Knows How to Achieve the Big, Bold Structural Changes That Will Transform New York

The urban planner running for comptroller argues that the city can drive innovation and change by leveraging its financial power and influence to serve the people.

Jun 14, 2021 / John Nichols

Covid opioid addiction

The Other Epidemic Killing Americans The Other Epidemic Killing Americans

People are dying at record rates from opioid overdoses, and harm reduction advocates are asking the Biden administration to overhaul how it deals with the crisis.

May 28, 2021 / Michelle Chen

Los Angeles homeless encampment

Housing Alone Won’t Solve California’s Homelessness Problem Housing Alone Won’t Solve California’s Homelessness Problem

Without mental health services, drug treatment programs, and job training for ex-prisoners, California's most vulnerable population will remain at risk.

May 28, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

The New York Story Is Not the Real Estate Story

The New York Story Is Not the Real Estate Story The New York Story Is Not the Real Estate Story

Massive overdevelopment and warehousing apartments for the wealthy were killing New York even before the pandemic. So why are none of the mayoral candidates talking about that?

May 26, 2021 / Robert Neuwirth

Climate Justice Is About More Than Just Fossil Fuels

Climate Justice Is About More Than Just Fossil Fuels Climate Justice Is About More Than Just Fossil Fuels

A true commitment to climate justice is much broader: It necessarily entails building local resilience to climate impacts.

May 7, 2021 / StudentNation / Matthew Sehrsweeney

Representative Jamaal Bowman

Jamaal Bowman Explains How Progressives Will Make Biden’s Presidency Even Bolder Jamaal Bowman Explains How Progressives Will Make Biden’s Presidency Even Bolder

In response to the president’s address and in an exclusive interview with The Nation, the new congressman calls for transformative change.

Apr 29, 2021 / John Nichols

Walter Mondale

Walter Mondale’s Decades-Long Crusade for Fair Housing and the Full Promise of Civil Rights Walter Mondale’s Decades-Long Crusade for Fair Housing and the Full Promise of Civil Rights

To the end of his life, Mondale waged the battle against segregation he had joined as the sponsor of the Fair Housing Act of 1968.

Apr 23, 2021 / John Nichols

Iowa Derecho

Crises Collide: Homeless in America When Climate Disaster Strikes Crises Collide: Homeless in America When Climate Disaster Strikes

In some cases, solutions to homelessness and the climate crisis might be one and the same.

Apr 20, 2021 / Andrew McCormick

Echo Park Protest

The Olympic Battle for Echo Park The Olympic Battle for Echo Park

An LAPD crackdown on an encampment of the unhoused augurs more conflicts in the lead-up to the 2028 Olympics.

Mar 26, 2021 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

Rent Graffiti

My Family Has Covid, and We’re Days Away From an Eviction My Family Has Covid, and We’re Days Away From an Eviction

The US government has shrugged off millions of people like me.

Mar 16, 2021 / Cassandra Conrad

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