Renters: Know Your Health Rights
This article by Dr. Marcus is important for anyone and everyone who is living in a rental. This article hit me personally because the last apartment I lived in caused my allergies to flare and...
View ArticleHousing voucher hysteria in Atlanta highlights national crisis
This was a fascinating article by Ronda Racha Penrice. Housing voucher hysteria in Atlanta highlights national crisis.Filed under: News from the Soul Brother
View ArticleNAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Wins Injunction in Post-Katrina...
Excellent news, however this is just one battle in a long war....
View ArticleJimmy McMillan – Rent Is Too Damn High
Jimmy is back! He’s running for mayor of New York City, again. Jimmy McMillan has updated his anthem tag-line “The Rent Is Too Damn High” spruced it up and released a pretty hip video. I agree with...
View ArticleIt’s Not a Housing Boom. It’s a Land Grab
By Imara Jones As Americans took to their backyards and beaches to celebrate the unofficial start of summer this week, America’s housing industry—for the first time in years—is celebrating right along...
View ArticleFive Real Issues Facing The People Of New York City That Dont Involve Anthony...
New York City (Photo credit: kaysha) By Rebecca Leber Ever since reports emerged linking former Congressman and New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner (D) to another sex scandal, news media...
View Article‘A Dream Foreclosed': How Financial Predators Created a Crisis That Led to 10...
By Amy Goodman and Laura Gottesdiener As President Obama heads to Phoenix today to tout the “housing recovery,” journalist Laura Gottesdiener examines the devastating legacy of the foreclosure crisis...
View ArticleDisrupted Lives
By Elizabeth Gudrais The sheriffs announced their arrival with a loud knock. If nobody was inside, they’d have to kick the door in—but at this house, someone was home. The second-floor apartment was...
View ArticleThis mother who left her baby on the subway is not some Bad Black Mom. She’s...
By Kirsten West Savali When 20-year-old Frankea Dabbs abandoned her 10-month-old baby girl on a New York City subway platform on 7 July, it was a piercing cry for help that has long echoed throughout...
View ArticleThe Big Cases At The Supreme Court That You Haven’t Heard About
By Ian Millhiser (United States Supreme Court photo credit: Wikipedia) The Supreme Court heard this term’s final day of oral arguments on Wednesday, a day that included a truly ghoulish debate over how...
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