What’s Life Like in America’s First City With a Muslim-Majority City Council? What’s Life Like in America’s First City With a Muslim-Majority City Council?
While the media highlight “conflict,” residents say there’s not much ethnic tension worth mentioning.
Feb 1, 2016 / Tom Perkins
Bill de Blasio Is New York’s Most Progressive Mayor in Decades—Is That Enough? Bill de Blasio Is New York’s Most Progressive Mayor in Decades—Is That Enough?
As opposition mounts, the solution to de Blasio’s problems might lie in even bigger, bolder interventions.
Jan 6, 2016 / Feature / Jarrett Murphy
A Conversation With Guilherme Boulos, Leader of Brazil’s Homeless Workers’ Movement A Conversation With Guilherme Boulos, Leader of Brazil’s Homeless Workers’ Movement
“Brazil is now a machine that creates homelessness.”
Jan 5, 2016 / Andy Robinson
Media Notices Homeless People on Streets, Blames Progressive Mayor Media Notices Homeless People on Streets, Blames Progressive Mayor
How New York’s Bill de Blasio inherited a homelessness crisis—and then got blamed for it.
Dec 23, 2015 / Patrick Markee
What Can You Actually Do for Syrian Refugees? What Can You Actually Do for Syrian Refugees?
Trump wants to ban refugees fleeing ISIS and civil war. Here’s how to welcome them instead.
Dec 22, 2015 / Daniel Moattar
Baltimore Evicts Nearly 7,000 People From Their Homes Every Year Baltimore Evicts Nearly 7,000 People From Their Homes Every Year
It's time to put Baltimore’s broken rent courts on trial.
Dec 14, 2015 / Michelle Chen
How to Get Rid of Your Landlord and Socialize American Housing, in 3 Easy Steps How to Get Rid of Your Landlord and Socialize American Housing, in 3 Easy Steps
Homelessness, unaffordable urban real estate, devastating gentrification, and the housing bubble are all rooted in privatized housing.
Dec 8, 2015 / Jesse A. Myerson
We Don’t Need to Wait on Congress to Fight Homelessness We Don’t Need to Wait on Congress to Fight Homelessness
County trust funds that provide money for emergency shelters and affordable housing are one approach we can take towards ensuring that every person finds shelter.
Nov 12, 2015 / James Abro
How an Unusual Team Helps Extricate Bronx Residents From NYC’s Justice System How an Unusual Team Helps Extricate Bronx Residents From NYC’s Justice System
The Bronx Defenders do more than go to court.
Nov 9, 2015 / Hélène Barthélemy
Think It’s Hard Finding a Place to Live? Try Doing So With a Criminal Record Think It’s Hard Finding a Place to Live? Try Doing So With a Criminal Record
President Obama has taken a modest but essential step towards undoing some of the discriminatory housing policies that have made it difficult for returning citizens to rejoin their...
Nov 4, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter