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From a pro-democratic perspective, civil society and new media organisations are surging in the aftermath of the Orban regime.
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Two Detroits, Separate and Unequal: A Journey Across a City Divided
The foreclosure crisis of this century, fueled by racially discriminatory predatory lending, forced hundreds of thousands of residents out of the city.
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UN Officials Call Detroit’s Mass Water Shutoffs "Human Rights Violation"
Out of her $672 monthly disability check, Rochelle McCaskill spends $600 rent – leaving her unable to pay the city’s water bills, which have skyrocketed to more than twice the national average.
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In the shadow of an oil boom, North Dakota farmers fight contamination
One county's infertile lands offer a test case of the long-term effects of wastewater spills.
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When Predatory Equity Hit the Big Apple – And What It Tells Us About the Future
Things are heating up inside Wall Street’s new rental empire.
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Revealed: Blackstone Group Exploited Foreclosure Crisis And Seized Homes Cheap
The world's largest private equity firm has amassed an unprecedented rental empire by buying foreclosed homes at knock-off prices —from Queen Anne Victorians in Atlanta to brick-faced bungalows in Chicago to Spanish revivals in Phoenix.
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Taking Over, Taking Back: Breaking Doors Down to Open Homes Up
The short documentary by filmmakers Jessica Murphy and Elissa Nadworny highlights the work of the Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign, a coalition of homeowners, renters and houseless people organizing to take over vacant, bank-owned houses.
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The Backyard Shock Doctrine
The Great Eviction: The Landscape of Wall Street’s Creative Destruction
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Occupy Homes: One Year on and Growing Daily
Building on a year filled with eviction blockades, house takeovers and singing auction blockades, the anniversary of Occupy Homes demonstrated that the group was still committed to risking arrest to keep people sheltered.
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After Sandy, Communities Mobilize a New Kind of Disaster Relief
A grassroots network of community-run relief stations and free kitchens have sprung up in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in a mobilization reminiscent of the early days of Zuccotti Park.
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A Radical Solution to Save Homes From Foreclosure
Depending on how you look at it, the plan is either a group of well-meaning 1 percenters looking to ameliorate the foreclosure crisis, or a bunch of rich vultures cashing in on struggling homeowners.
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The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
The tragic shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo is just the latest example of ICE having a fundamental disrespect for human life — further proving why the agency should be stripped of funding and shut down, and its rank-and-file agents and leadership prosecuted.
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The current wave of food recalls is a direct byproduct of President Donald Trump’s administration deliberately removing the safeguards put in place aimed at protecting American consumers more than a century ago.
From a pro-democratic perspective, civil society and new media organisations are surging in the aftermath of the Orban regime.
We can still celebrate success while simultaneously putting a cap on net worth.
The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
Much like the resistance to AI data centers, the opposition to Flock surveillance cameras has brought the left and the right together against billionaires who are trying to force America into becoming even more of a police state.
Much like the resistance to AI data centers, the opposition to Flock surveillance cameras has brought the left and the right together against billionaires who are trying to force America into becoming even more of a police state.
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The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
Posted 1 month 2 weeks ago
We can still celebrate success while simultaneously putting a cap on net worth.
Posted 1 month 6 days ago
The current wave of food recalls is a direct byproduct of President Donald Trump’s administration deliberately removing the safeguards put in place aimed at protecting American consumers more than a century ago.
Posted 1 week 5 days ago
From a pro-democratic perspective, civil society and new media organisations are surging in the aftermath of the Orban regime.
Posted 2 weeks 20 hours ago
From a pro-democratic perspective, civil society and new media organisations are surging in the aftermath of the Orban regime.
