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Feds Favor Private Over Public Housing Investment, Leaving Millions Out in Cold
“Affordable” housing is not within reach for the poorest.
Elizabeth Warren Lays Out Higher Education Vision: Students Must Have “Debt-Free Option“
Colleges must stop wasting taxpayer money.
Turkey Votes for Change, but Don’t Expect the Erdoğan Power Drive to End
The international implications of this domestic uncertainty are more long term.
Expelled for Life: A Palestinian Family’s Struggle to Stay on Their Land
“Why did they take our home?” Laith, who is just 6 years old, asked.
Pathologizing the Poor Reinforces Stigma While Deterring Advocacy and Public Policy
The poor don't rate a mention in our public consciousness or political campaigns because we are inconvenient and pathologized.
US Government Clips NSA Wings, but Snooping Is a Global Effort
The USA Freedom Act only applies to US citizens, which means the NSA is still free to gather meta data on citizens of other nations.
Summit Brings Together 25 Indigenous Nations to Strengthen Resistance in Argentina
The government of Argentina refuses to meet indigenous peoples.
What Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership Really All About?
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a proposed free trade agreement between the United States and 11 other countries.
Where Is Hillary on Health Care?
Two decades later, it is helpful to recall what happened to the Clinton Health Plan.
Criminalizing Criticism: A Zionist Project
In the West, much of the organized criticism of Israel now comes from campaigns aimed at promoting Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions.