U.S. Will Start Path to End Homelessness (Editor’s Note: This was originally published on January 5. Democrats have since won control of the Senate. Bernie Sanders and Sherrod Brown—both strongly pro-housing progressives— will now chair Budget and Banking respectively. This
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(Ed Note: This piece first appeared in Streetsblog USA. We encourage donations to this great organization) Almost all the climate and congestion benefits of online shopping are wiped out by rush deliveries, a study finds — which could spell disaster
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Local, State, National Activism Made Difference As 2020 ends, forty million tenants could face nonpayment of rent evictions. Republican refusal to pass the Heroes Act has created the worst eviction crisis since the 1930’s. President Biden can use his first
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Student PIRGs New Voter Project Boosts Turnout From civil rights to the environmental movement, young people have historically been at the forefront of pushing the country forward during challenging times. Now is no different. Even with a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic impacting
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Holding Biden Accountable Joe Biden’s election puts Democrats and particularly progressive activists to the test: we can repeat the mistakes of 2009-10 under President Obama or avoid them. Here’s how it comes down. Obama took office with Democrats strongly controlling
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Mobilizing for 2021 The November elections opened up new opportunities for national, state and local housing advocates. Here’s how activists can seize them. Federal Funding The big money is federal. Advocates must go after it. If Democrats already controlled the
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A Sad Comment on America Last night did not go as anyone expected. While by midnight Trump had not won a single Clinton state, and Biden still had a strong path to victory, few imagined the race could be this
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2020 Will Not Repeat 2016 I had a great record predicting the winners of local, state and national races— until November 2016. I picked Hillary Clinton to win. I was wrong about Trump’s chances all year, even writing in May
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