Housing Battles Intensify in Cambridge, NYC, Washington DC

Posted March 19, 2019 by Randy Shaw

A Progressive Divide Over Housing I’ll be visiting three cities this week and next that I write about in Generation Priced Out: Cambridge, NYC and Washington DC. Each offers lessons for activists in other cities. Cambridge Cambridge “progressives” are sharply
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An Election Challenge: Time for Change at NewsGuild?

Posted March 19, 2019 by Steve Early

The 21,000-member NewsGuild, an affiliate of the Communications Workers of America (CWA), is a rarity in organized labor. It’s one of the few national unions that lets all members vote for its top officers, instead of choosing them at a
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Growing Power of Pro-Housing Activism

Posted March 19, 2019 by Randy Shaw

Momentum for Infill Housing, Transit, Parking Bans I knew before visiting Boulder, Denver, Minneapolis and St. Paul last week of their strategies for expanding affordable housing. But I came away feeling that a lot more progress is being made than
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Portrait Of A Moral Superfund Site: “The Brink”–Review

Posted March 19, 2019 by Peter Wong

Alison Klayman establishes in the opening minutes of her Steve Bannon portrait “The Brink” what a moral Superfund site her subject is. The former executive chair of the far-right wing Breitbart News site recalls a visit to Auschwitz and Birkenau
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More Reviews From Cinequest Film And Creativity Festival 2019

Posted March 19, 2019 by Peter Wong

Julio Hernandez Cordon’s intriguing if ultimately flawed drama “Buy Me A Gun” might be called a coming of age story set in the midst of a living nightmare. Taking place in a near future Mexico where the drug cartels run
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On The Waterfront, Again: Peter Cole’s Dockworker Power

Posted March 19, 2019 by Jonah Raskin

Peter’s Cole’s Dockworker Power (Illinois; $35) looks at the history of “dockers” in Durban, South Africa, which sits on the Indian Ocean, and dockworkers San Francisco, which sits in a place we all know very well. The comparisons and the
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Final Reviews From Cinequest Film And Creativity Festival 2019

Posted March 19, 2019 by Peter Wong

The “Mindbenders” short films program brought together stories utilizing tropes from the fantastic genres. Only one or two shorts distinguished themselves from this general assemblage of cinematic mediocrities. Kicking things off was Joshua Dawson’s “Loa’s Promise.” This futuristic travelogue took
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What Cities Can Learn From Boulder, Denver, Minneapolis

Posted March 11, 2019 by Randy Shaw

Housing Lessons From Between the Coasts I’m visiting three cities this week that I write about in Generation Priced Out: Boulder, Denver and Minneapolis. All offer lessons for other cities struggling to stop the pricing out of the working and
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