Coming up short on places to live
What about the people who have to work 92 hours a week at minimum-wage jobs to rent a one-bedroom apt. in California? Shouldn't they have a decent place to live?
Behind Flint water horror, a corrosive cynicism
Republican Governor Rick Snyder's men have wreaked untold economic damage on the residents of Flint on top of the threat to their health.
Gun control alone can't curb violence
Dealing with entrenched poverty costs real money, but less than we spend on the police, jails, drugs, alcoholism, and chronic illness - the dysfunction that comes from poverty.
How redlining led to rioting: Police and segregation
A hundred years ago, St. Louis and Baltimore adopted ordinances prohibiting African Americans from moving to blocks where whites predominated.
A second look at FDR’s “Second Bill of Rights”
In 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, preparing to run for a fourth term, proposed a "Second Bill of Rights" for post World War II U.S.
My family pays rent, not a mortgage
Families, having enjoyed the chance of purchasing a house, sending their kids off to college, working in and living a middle-class American life, were now almost suddenly losing it all.
Clear-cut progressive victory in New York City public advocate race
A progressive trend in the New York City elections for mayor, comptroller, borough offices and city council became even more clear-cut in the runoff Democratic Party primary for the third city-wide office - public advocate.
1963 March on Washington transformed my town
This is the story of one direct outcome of the 1963 March on Washington, to which I went as a member of the Huntington Township Committee on Human Relations in Suffolk County, Long Island.
New York voters want a mayor with a heart
The priority of a billionaire mayor is to protect the interest of billionaires. That is why the people of New York City want a mayor who will move the city in another direction.
Canada's dirty little sub prime loan secret threatens to sink housing market
While the U.S. is still suffering from the sub prime debacle, Canada's housing market is an island of tranquility.
