Homeless in Portland
Camping bans are cruel and inhumane Commentary by Kaia Sand Imagine you have to carry everything you own — bedding, the food you’ve secured for the time being, your clothes. You’ve lost so much, but…
Injustice
A Lack of Supply Isn’t Causing Our Housing Crisis
Commentary by Fran Quigley A few weeks ago, I drove through my hometown of Indianapolis to a court session which had nearly 200 eviction cases set on the docket. On the way, I passed multiple…
Canada Debunks Stereotypes of Homeless People
By Leyland Cecco The widely held stereotype that people experiencing homelessness would be more likely to spend extra cash on drugs, alcohol and “temptation goods” has been upended by a study that found a majority…
Fighting Criminalization with Housing First
By Brian Nam-Sonenstein Housing is one of our best tools for ending mass incarceration. It does more than put a roof over people’s heads; housing gives people the space and stability necessary to receive care,…
The Eviction Crisis Is About to Hit Los Angeles
By Mathilde Lind Gustavussen On August 10, tenants from the Hillside Villa Tenants Association lit their eviction notices on fire in the courtyard of their apartment complex in Chinatown, Los Angeles. “It was almost like…
NCGA Bullies Trans Youth and Fails to Address Problems Students Face
Commentary by Carl Hintz The “cultural wars” have reared their ugly heads in North Carolina. As an enthusiast of cultural anthropology, this saddens me. Culture is a shared system of meaning, not something to have…
Black College Students Derailed From Teaching
By Jill Barshay A growing problem in American classrooms is that teachers don’t resemble the students they teach. Eighty percent of the nation’s 3.8 million public school teachers are white, but over half of their…
How prisoner-led organizing saved my life
By Darrell Jackson To survive in prison, inmates usually accept a “convict code” that demands toughness and makes us wary of others. To thrive in prison, I learned to embrace organizing for social change and…
“A Serious Environmental Justice Problem”
Duke University didn’t inform public about lead in Durham parks By: Lisa Sorg Soil at three Durham parks—Walltown, East End and East Durham (and presumably a fourth, Lyon Park)—contain levels of lead as much as…
The Modern Form of Colonialism: Climate Change
Commentary by Tapti Sen I am from a disappearing nation. My country, Bangladesh, is one of several at risk of becoming submerged partially or completely by rising sea levels caused by climate change in the…