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Skyrocketing Rents in California Signal a Broader US Housing Crisis
Rent control activists are also pushing for community land trusts and city-owned housing to abate the housing crisis.
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Philadelphia’s Alternative to Gentrification Spreads Opportunity to All Corners
Stark boundaries — rich vs. poor, black and brown vs. white — begin to break down as people share gathering places.
Philly Teachers Call Off Work in Bottom-Up Campaign
A group of teachers organized their own protest to show solidarity on May Day.
Messages for the Future From the Margins of the DNC
Laura Flanders shares perspectives on the DNC from people who are building revolutionary movements beyond the election.
Black Lives, Blue Lives and the Fight Over the Criminal Legal System in the US
The RNC and DNC have two different perspectives on the shootings of unarmed Black people.
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Philadelphia Students Go on Strike for Teachers’ Benefits
At least 200 students across four high schools staged a walk-out of their classes on Wednesday, October 8.
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Citizens and Teachers Resist Massive Public School Closures in Philadelphia
Both students and parents are at a loss as to what will happen in September.
Voices From DC: Speaking Up for Schools and a Quality Education in Communities of Color
School closures siphon resources from public schools into private ventures, entrusting education to corporations.
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Campaign Season Mocked Rich, but Was “Not Concerned About the Very Poor“
Though the number of poor remains large, their profile is low.
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Election Countdown 2012: Occupiers Project a Giant 99 Percent Message Over Indepence Hall at the National Gathering in Philadelphia, and More
u201cLast night, occupiers projected a u201c99%u201d We The People message onto Independence Hall, the spot where the U.S. Constitution was drafted hundreds of years ago.u201d