Campuses Across the Country Are Closing—These Are the Students Impacted Campuses Across the Country Are Closing—These Are the Students Impacted
As campuses close to prevent the spread of coronavirus, many students are getting left behind.
Mar 16, 2020 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Trickle-Downers Created the Homelessness Crisis. Now They Want You to Believe They Can ‘Solve’ It. Trickle-Downers Created the Homelessness Crisis. Now They Want You to Believe They Can ‘Solve’ It.
In blue cities across the country, corporate lobbies are trying to discredit progressive governance by weaponizing homelessness.
Feb 20, 2020 / Nick Hanauer
Donald Trump Is the Ugly Face of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics Donald Trump Is the Ugly Face of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
Trump has pledged to attack the unsheltered in Los Angeles as part of his Olympic efforts.
Feb 20, 2020 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
The Art of Eviction The Art of Eviction
How one company helps landlords exploit a loophole in New York’s tenant laws.
Feb 3, 2020 / Feature / Joshua Hunt
How a Collective of Mothers Flipped the Script on Housing How a Collective of Mothers Flipped the Script on Housing
When the group Moms 4 Housing occupied a vacant house in West Oakland, they were confronting a system designed to exclude them.
Jan 24, 2020 / Jonny Coleman
President Scrooge and His Dickensian Cabal President Scrooge and His Dickensian Cabal
The administration’s holiday greeting is a plan to slash food stamp benefits for roughly 700,000 unemployed Americans.
Dec 25, 2019 / John Nichols
A Roof Is Only the Beginning A Roof Is Only the Beginning
The Housing First model prioritizes providing apartments, but people who are homeless need more than a home to stay housed.
Dec 23, 2019 / Michelle Chen
California’s Fires Prove the American Dream Is Flammable California’s Fires Prove the American Dream Is Flammable
If we want to keep cities safe in the face of climate change, we need to seriously question the ideal of private homeownership.
Dec 23, 2019 / Kian Goh
The Democratic Presidential Debate Must Address Poverty The Democratic Presidential Debate Must Address Poverty
For five debates, I’ve been waiting for just one question about American poverty. There have been zero.
Dec 19, 2019 / Alan Minsky
Why Is the Media So Obsessed With Michael Bloomberg? Why Is the Media So Obsessed With Michael Bloomberg?
The 77-year-old billionaire was a terrible mayor of New York City who only exacerbated inequality.
Dec 13, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman