Democracy

Across the country, renters and unhoused people are organizing to demand that all levels of government address the nation’s housing crisis through social housing. On September 25–28, housing justice organizations held National…

In August, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, in his working-man’s clothes—aviators, jeans, and a trucker hat—starred in a video where he carted people’s possessions out of a homeless encampment near a Los…

Humboldt County, CA, and San Francisco are the latest pair to start some drama about who is busing homeless people where and homeless relocation programs. This seems to be a…

Turnout for early in-person voting has started strongly in the presidential battleground of North Carolina, including in mountainous areas where deadly Hurricane Helene destroyed property and upended lives but apparently did not…

Angelique is racing against the clock to stop her eviction from Plymouth Housing’s Almquist Place. She owes $2,014 in back rent and she has until October 18th. “I just worry…

On a recent autumn evening, the AARP convened a small group of journalists in a hotel dining room a stone’s throw from the White House to discuss a group of…

Philadelphia is using the power of art in inspiring voter engagement. Curated and managed by Conrad Benner through Mural Arts Philadelphia, these two new art installations are the latest examples of his…

Morehouse College student Marchellos Scott, a Black college student living in Atlanta, performed some political calculus this summer when he registered to vote in Georgia’s Fulton County for this year’s…

First-time homebuyer assistance has reemerged as an important policy issue in the wake of rising housing prices and attention from presidential candidates. The most prominent proposal is a plan by…

Joey Morrison, a city commissioner in Bozeman, Montana, and also the city’s next mayor, has lived in 13 different places since moving to town 10 years ago. He knows what…

Melissa Farmer often walks her dog through Gompers Park on Chicago’s northwest side. She has some thoughts on crime and homelessness. “This park is gorgeous. People don’t know about it,”…

More than 7 million U.S. renters, on average, face an eviction threat every year. Yet a number of states still make it difficult for local governments, advocates, and researchers to get…