A Conversation with National Nurses United

Many of the people we see in eviction court losing their homes are working long hours at difficult jobs.

Last November, New Mexico became the first state in the country to provide free, universal child care for children from birth through age 13, regardless of household income.

In this episode of We Can Do Better, we examine a true silver bullet that would dramatically reduce poverty in the United States: a proposed law to update and improve our Supplemental Security Income ...

A Conversation with Socialist City Councilor Jesse Brown

A Conversation with Stephen Semler

A Conversation with Sister Emily TeKolste

Let’s celebrate the Declaration’s 250th by ending US poverty.

"We Can Do Better"—Ending Poverty in Our Time

When we saw her a few weeks ago in eviction court, Monica’s two pre-school aged children and her third-grader were not with her.

State of the Union Claims of Help for Workers and Seniors Were False

ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.

Thirty families throughout Louisville were supposed to be evicted by the end of January. But the recent snowstorm and freezing temperatures have led the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office to order…

Polygraph | Newsletter n°331 | 9 Jan 2026

Trump’s Cynical, Deadly Plan to Stop Food Assistance--And How We Can Respond

Housing is cheaper in Indiana, compared with other states, but the states eviction rate is still one of the highest in the country.

America’s packed eviction courts and overflowing homeless shelters are the result of decades of deliberate policy choices. We once made better choices rooted in a commitment to providing decent,…

Ratifying the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights would end the US’ back-and-forth dance with domestic poverty.

Ratifying the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights would end the US’ back-and-forth dance with domestic poverty.

YouTube video by Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana

There are no simple answers for homelessness — or addiction or mental illness — but Trump's bluster is no substitute for desperately needed resources.

“Tenants are the majority in New York. Zohran Mamdani understands that and he gave us something to vote for," Cea Weaver, director of the New York State Tenant Bloc.

Study after study shows that government assistance with food, healthcare, and housing makes tangible, positive impacts on people’s lives, from newborns to the elderly.

New book from a local lawyer details the issues that land people in court, possible solutions and the stories of those facing eviction.

Since the November, 2024 election, I have talked with dozens of people facing eviction or enduring unsafe and unhealthy rental housing conditions.

Deepening connections between U.S. labor unions and renters has helped spur the creation of tenants unions that are winning real concessions.

Housing instability can affect children’s cognitive and emotional development and ultimately their academic success.

We recognize extortionate prices for lifesaving medicine or bottled water after a natural disaster as price gouging. Landlords want us to believe that rent hikes forcing people into homelessness are j...

Should monthly charges be pegged to the cost of financing, developing, and operating housing, or to household income? Or to something else?

The closer we get to the millions of people who are facing evictions or already unhoused, the more likely we are to be motivated to do something about it.

The closer we get to the millions of people who are facing evictions or already unhoused, the more likely we are to be motivated to do something about it.

Lessons from Eviction Court goes behind the disturbing statistics of evictions and homelessness to provide the first-hand experience of a lawyer who is in eviction court each week, standing alongside....

Car after car lined up Saturday at Arlington Middle School to get everyday essentials at a drive-thru mega pantry hosted by New Direction Church.

Get your mind right.

Despite a deluge of corporate cash, the measure to fund an ambitious plan for mixed-income, publicly owned housing appears to have won big.