By Amy Hanauer, Founding executive director of Policy Matters Ohio, At a board meeting early in my career, I proudly presented a carefully crafted plan to leverage public funds, employ…
Cross-posted from our friends at Indian Country Today A few months ago—right up until Election Day—many of our people messaged and pontificated like crazy to point out that there are…
Written by Shena Elrington, Director of Health Justice at New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, and Lindsey Hennawi, Program Assistant Last November, Maria del Rocio “Rocio” Almanza Quiroz collapsed…
By Amie Fishman, East Bay Housing Organizations History will soon define the ongoing foreclosure crisis as one of the single greatest transfers of wealth in the US from middle and…
By ACCE Home Defenders League & East Bay MoveOn, While banks want us to believe that the foreclosure crisis is over, an examination of underwater borrowers and short sales signals…
By Sharon Kinlaw and Steve King Generation after generation, we have seen the destruction of communities of color in the United States through institutionalized discriminatory practices, lax enforcement of civil…
By Jane Duong, National CAPACD Seventy-one percent of Asian-Americans and 77% of Latinos speak a language other than English at home. Approximately 1 in 3 Asian Americans have difficulty communicating…
What Bloomberg Businessweek Thinks of Most Americans
Bloomberg Businessweek recently published an issue titled “The Great American Housing Rebound.” Their cover art choice was a drawing of an American family, sitting in four separate rooms…
Beyond Control: America’s Unrivaled Fetish For Guns
by Timothy Dwight Smith Violence has always been America’s favorite pastime, and the gun, her preferred toy. It is no secret America was established by use of the…
Top 10 Reasons Why Communities of Color Should Care About Stricter Gun-Violence Prevention Laws
Father Bob Gettinger, second right, leads a prayer for those killed by gun violence and for the safety of the community as people gather in St. Louis, Missouri,…
The Common Sense Second Amendment
A series of high-profile tragedies has raised new concerns over the violent potential of assault weapons and launched a national conversation about the availability of these guns and…
A Labor Leader and a Banker Walk Into a Boardroom…
By Amy Hanauer, Founding executive director of Policy Matters Ohio, At a board meeting early…
Still Broken Systems: Medical Deportation and the Shortcomings of Immigration and Health Reform
Written by Shena Elrington, Director of Health Justice at New York Lawyers for the Public…
How to Bail Out Main Street
By Amie Fishman, East Bay Housing Organizations History will soon define the ongoing foreclosure crisis…
Oakland Reveals the Impact of Homeowners Steered into Short Sales
By ACCE Home Defenders League & East Bay MoveOn, While banks want us to believe…
In Neighborhoods of Color, The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
By Sharon Kinlaw and Steve King Generation after generation, we have seen the destruction of…
Improving Language Access Can Prevent Foreclosures
By Jane Duong, National CAPACD Seventy-one percent of Asian-Americans and 77% of Latinos speak a…
Securing Equal Access to Foreclosure Relief for Communities of Color
By Kevin Stein & Kristina Bedrossian, California Reinvestment Coalition Neighborhoods of color are still…
