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Reconnecting with America
EYES RIGHT!: Reflections on the November 8th Elections
In the 1992 campaign, Bill Clinton preached: "The rich get the gold mine and middle-class gets the...
Can You Have Revitalization Without Displacement?
Derek Avery is providing middle- and low-income housing in struggling neighborhoods. And his company doesn’t stop at housing. It's building education resources and investing in community.
It’s Time to Talk about Cops
I don't need to revisit the hundreds of police killings around this country over the past few years (not...
Housing Field Reacts to Marcia Fudge HUD Nomination
Surprise, frustration, and optimism mingle in response to left-field choice.
Residents Need to Own Community Change
To get beyond superficial input, involve residents in a development from start to finish, from planning to implementation to ownership.
How Not To Do Economic Development
Camden is one of the most distressed cities in the United States, and if any city needs state help...
Community Power
Community Power has taken on a whole new meaning at the Pennsylvania Low Income Housing Coalition (PALIHC), the state's largest affordable housing advocacy organization....
How to Cope with Funding Cutbacks
I’ve been in fundraising since 1976, and I remember the panicked calls I received after Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980: “We’re losing our...
Getting from Here to There
Transit advocates and CDCs in two parts of the greater Boston
region are building cross-movement coalitions that are making
equitable transit-oriented development a part of the fight for
better transit access.
Healthy Yards with Youth in Charge
The Worcester, Mass., Toxic Soil Busters co-op shows improving a neighborhood’s health doesn’t have to be limited to experts and outsiders.
Finding Ways to Cover Administrative Costs
This fall, at a philanthropy conference at the White House, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton said emphatically that if the philanthropic sector was serious...