Category: POLITICS

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‘Social Housing’ provides affordable solution for working people

Public housing is not working. It has deepened segregation and concentrated poverty, and nearly half of U.S. renters are rent-burdened, meaning they spend more than 30 percent of their income on rent.  But there may be a solution: social housing, under which permanently affordable housing is run as a public good rather than a profit center. The Big Idea:…

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HOUSING

‘Public Land for Food’ campaign making impact in New Mexico

She began growing vegetables as something to do during the pandemic, but she didn’t stop there.  Today, she heads a group called Many Hands that works with government agencies in New Mexico to use public lands to end food deserts. The New Mexico Mom Growing Political Power From a Community Garden https://barnraisingmedia.com/with-many-hands-community-garden-new-mexico Related Reading

FOOD

The Economic Benefits of Clean Air

Some estimates suggest every dollar spent meeting clean air rules returns $10 in health and economic benefits.  So why would Donald Trump even consider changing those rules? Clean Air Is One of America’s Best Investments. EPA Deregulation Ignores That. http://archive.today/WiJck Related Reading

ENVIRONMENT

Hitting Big Oil Where it Hurts

For decades, oil giant Chevron has been destroying Louisiana’s coastal wetlands and doing nothing about it.  But no longer.  A jury has ordered Chevron to pay a parish government $744.6 million to restore them. Chevron Ordered to Pay $744.6 Million for Destroying Louisiana’s Coastal Wetlands https://www.ecowatch.com/chevron-louisiana-lawsuit-wetlands-destruction.html Related Reading

ENVIRONMENT

Rural Voters are Pushing Back Against School Voucher Programs

Giving tax-paid vouchers to children so they can attend private schools, most of them conservative Christian schools, is on the rise across America. But the idea is hurting public education, so voters are beginning to push back.  Leading the way are rural voters in red states, which could become a serious problem for the vouchers-loving…

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CULTURE & LIFESTYLE

If Philanthropists Want to Save Democracy…

Funders are expressing confusion over how their foundations should be responding to our rapidly dismantling democracy, rising fascism, and the exponential increase in suffering that communities are facing.  Here’s a  blueprint for them. Funders, here’s the blueprint for saving democracy https://nonprofitaf.com/2025/04/funders-heres-the-blueprint-for-saving-democracy/ Related Reading

GLOBAL

Fighting Back Against the Erasure of Black History

Here’s a look at Donald Trump’s attempt to whitewash Black history with his anti-DEI orders, and what is being done to stop him. The Quiet Deletion of Black History Within Federal Agencies — and the Fight to Stop It https://capitalbnews.org/trump-smithsonian-tubman-dei-order-erases-black-history/ Related Reading

CULTURE & LIFESTYLE

Rethinking Liberal Media Strategy in the Face of ‘Reality’

Conservative voices completely dominate the podcast domain — nine of the 10 most-followed current events shows lean right.  But the right isn’t just winning the media war.  If the left doesn’t develop its own ideological infrastructure and catch up, it will allow the right to define political reality itself. Liberal Philanthropy’s Misguided Quest for “Joe…

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