We profile some of the strategies communities and policymakers are using around the country to combat displacement and gentrification and to build and fortify community wealth.
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Alternatives to our broken corporate energy system are gaining traction—here’s a breakdown of where people are fighting back, and where they are winning public ownership of power.
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by Adam Simpson, Stephanie Bastek, Tiana Caldwell, Peter Gowan, Tara Raghuveer, Christy Respress
We talk to people at the front lines of the nation’s housing affordability crisis and activists fighting for a “homes guarantee,” a set of systemic solutions based on the principle that housing is a human right.
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Addressing the nation’s housing crisis requires a plan that enables everyone to have safe, accessible, sustainable, and permanently affordable housing.
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by Ron Daniels, Ronnie Galvin, Akilah Watkins-Butler
Four hundred years after the first African slaves were brought to America—the initial act of America’s “original sin”—the discussion of reparations has gained a new level of seriousness.
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by Johanna Bozuwa, Isaiah J. Poole, Basav Sen, Michael Velarde
Especially in light of the climate crisis, how can communities plan for their infrastructure needs with justice and inclusion at the forefront? The Next System Project’s Johanna Bozuwa, the Institute for Policy Study’s Basav Sen, and We Act for Environmental Justice’s Michael Velarde offer insights.
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