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What is equity? Can it be measured? How and when does the issue come up in housing, education, employment, public utilities, and more? How are community organizations, grant-making institutions, and policymakers working to advance equity?
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How a Data Center Derailed $240,000 for Affordable Housing in Rural Maine
In rural Midcoast Maine, nearly one-quarter of $1 million in federal money earmarked for housing was rescinded from a small town after local officials sought to use the funds for a data center.
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“Confronting Suburban Poverty” Authors Respond to Critique
The release a few weeks ago of our book Confronting Suburban Poverty in America is provoking lots of discussion in the blogosphere. The book even merited its publisher, The Brookings Institution, a […]
More Suburban Poor? Think Again
What do Lynn, Brockton, Lincoln, Westwood, Watertown and Revere have in common? According to a new report by the Brookings Institution “Confronting Suburban Poverty in America,” they are all suburbs […]
Transit Initiatives Boosted by Employers
It’s been clear for several years that more people than ever support public transit. In vote after vote, people consistently say yes to taxes for transit creation. In 2012, 79 […]
The Invisible Poverty of the Suburbs
Our anti-poverty policies have failed the suburban poor, say Elizabeth Kneebone and Alan Berube. Their new book, “Confronting Suburban Poverty in America,” highlights our country’s historically fragmented approach to urban […]
NJ Court Blocks the State From Taking Municipal Affordable Housing Funds
I was a reporter covering Bergen County, New Jersey, in May 2012 when municipalities in the state were told by the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) that they would either […]
3 Initiatives to Drive the New Secretary of Transportation
President Obama on April 29 nominated Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx for Secretary of Transportation. Transit advocates are hoping that Foxx's experience as the successful mayor of a mid-size city will […]
The Fair Housing Act at 45: A Time for Celebration and Action
April is fair housing month and, this year, it’s also the 45th anniversary of the passage of the Fair Housing Act. Adopted in the wake of the assassination of Dr. […]
3 Reasons We’re Not Reaching Rural Communities
Rural communities are being ignored. Again. As discussion of the federal sequester and fights over funding dominate the news channels as well as policy discussions, key gaps in our ability […]
Getting Beyond Growth at Any Price
The Resilience Imperative: Cooperative Transitions to a Steady-State Economy, by Michael Lewis and Pat Conaty. New Society Publishers, 2012, 400 pp., $26.95. I must admit that until now resilience was […]
Recovery from the Grassroots
An interesting new planning document by the Sandy Regional Assembly was just released by a cross-section of grassroots groups, most based in New York City, on how to prevent the […]
Born to Score
Born on Third Base: What the Forbes 400 Really Says About Economic Equality and Opportunity in America, United for a Fair Economy. 2012, 12 pp. The release of United for […]
Review: Born on Third Base
Woody Widrow reviews the United for a Fair Economy (UFE) report Born on Third Base: What the Forbes 400 Really Says About Economic Equality and Opportunity in America. The report, he […]