The ‘New Redlining’ Is Deciding Who Lives in Your Neighborhood
Housing segregation by race and class is a fountainhead of inequality in America, yet for generations, politicians have been terrified to address the issue. Although zoning may seem like a technical, bureaucratic and decidedly local question, in reality the issue relates directly to three grand themes: racial justice, respect for working-class people and national unity... Read more
For Whom Is Our State "Livable"?
Minnesota is one of the best places to live in America. Unless you’re Black.Across a whole host of measures — unemployment rates, wages, incarceration rates, test scores, homeownership rates — the gaps between white Minnesotans and Black Minnesotans are among the widest in the country... Read more
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When Richard J. Berry, the mayor of Albuquerque, saw a man on a street corner holding a cardboard sign that read "Want a job," he decided to take him (and others in his situation) up on it. He and his staff started a citywide initiative to help the homeless by giving them day jobs and a place to sleep -- and the results were incredible... View now
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One Way to Get People Off the Streets: Buy Hotels
For homeless people, a place to live is life changing to a degree that almost no other intervention can provide... Read more