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Mother Jones, February 10, 2024, How The FBI Infiltrated Denver’s Racial Justice Movement The latest episode of Reveal looks at the FBI’s attempt to undermine Black Lives Matter protests in 2020.

Gothamist, February 12, 2024, NJ Lawmakers Pass Bill To Get More Affordable Housing Near Transit, Grocery Stores The state Assembly voted 51-28 on Monday to pass the latest version of a bill that makes sweeping changes to how New Jersey assigns and enforces towns’ requirements to build affordable housing. It includes a number of incentives

Market Watch, February 13, 2024, Housing Costs Are Still Rising, But That Won’t Stop The Fed From Cutting Interest Rates For over a year, economists and financial market experts have been confidently arguing that shelter costs are on the cusp of rolling over. So it was a surprise to many when shelter costs accelerated in

Vox, February 13, 2024, A Prescription For Housing? For more than a decade, researchers and advocates have argued that housing is a fundamental part of health care. Beginning this fall, for the first time, federal Medicaid dollars will start going toward paying some people’s rent. It’s a significant policy development. Congressional regulations have long barred Medicaid funds

Star Tribune, February 12, 2024, Feds Investigating Edina Public Schools For Discrimination The U.S. Department of Education is investigating Edina Public Schools over alleged discrimination, months after two Muslim students were suspended for using a pro-Palestinian slogan while protesting the Israeli war in Gaza. Attorney Bruce Nestor announced Nov. 27 that he had filed a

The Wall Street Journal, February 13, 2024, Tougher Rent Laws Are Behind Trouble At NYCB When New York Community Bancorp posted large losses last month and warned of more difficulties to come, it pointed to a significant cause for concern: troubled loans in a sinking corner of the New York City apartment market.  NYCB is the city’s largest lender on

USA Today, February 11, 2024, Older Workers Find A Less Tolerant Workplace: Why Many Say Age Discrimination Abounds Roughly two-thirds of adults over 50 believe older workers face discrimination in the workplace, according to a new AARP report. Of that group, 90% believe ageism is commonplace. The finding, based on a series of surveys in 2022 and

Vox, February 10, 2024, What If Public Housing Were For Everyone? Then one US community started exploring social housing with a markedly more American twist: Leaders in Montgomery County, Maryland — a suburban region just outside Washington, DC, with more than 1 million residents — said they could increase their local housing supply not by

Business Insider, February 12, 2024, Home Prices Are Falling In These 32 Real Estate Markets Affordability After The Toughest Quarter In 38 Years Property value gains were widespread and significant in the fourth quarter. Single-family home prices climbed across all four regions of the country, led by a 7.3% jump in the Northeast. The NAR

The Washington Post, February 12, 2024, Medicaid’s Prescription For Health Includes Food And Housing In Some States A growing number of states are broadening the health-coverage program into a hub for fulfilling social needs: helping with housing and transportation, easing past prison life and domestic violence, and providing the cardboard boxes filled with canned goods

The Hill, February, 9, 2024, Even In This Election Year, America Must Not Lose Focus On Affordable Housing Each week, another headline touts a cause of the housing crisis — high mortgage rates, the increasing cost of labor and construction, wages that have not kept up with inflation — the list goes on.  All these reasons and more add

PBS, February 8, 2024, Half Of American Renters Pay More Than 30% Of Income On Housing, Study Shows Rental prices are unaffordable for a record number of Americans with half of all renters paying more than 30 percent of their income on rent and utilities, according to Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. Stephanie Sy

Bloomberg, February 8, 2024, TikTok Executive Says She Was Fired For Lacking ‘Docility’ TikTok Inc.’s former head of global marketing said she was fired because ByteDance Ltd. Chairman Zhang Lidong and other executives determined she “lacked the docility and meekness” they believed was required of female employees. The claim was part of a lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court

Axios, February 9, 2024, House Democrats Poke The NIMBY Bear With 2024 Housing Push House Democrats are wading into the contentious issues of housing affordability and local zoning heading into the 2024 campaign. Why it matters: Housing can be a double edged sword in an election year, with the direct quality-of-life appeal to lower-income and urban voters often

Patch, February 8, 2024, Program Launched In Howard County To Help Students Experiencing Homelessness A new transformative housing assistance program, the Family Home Start Program, has been unveiled in Howard County. Targeting students experiencing homelessness, the Family Home Start Program will provide housing assistance and create pathways to stable housing for families through a security