Inequality-Fighting Ballot Initiatives Win Big
Voters approved proposals to tax the rich, build worker power, and make housing and education more affordable.
Housing
San Francisco Confronts Inequality at the Ballot Box
The Bay Area is home to some of America’s most frightening inequalities. But ballot measures supporting affordable housing, free college, and voter turnout offer a promising political horizon.
New Yorkers Visit Vienna for Social Housing Inspiration
A delegation of New York tenant advocates and legislators traveled to the European city renowned for its livability and social housing system. There, housing is a human right, not a commodity – and it looks good, too.
In One Maine City, Solutions to the Affordability Crisis Are on the Ballot
If the Livable Portland campaign proves successful in November, it will demonstrate the power of local organizing when the federal government is gridlocked.
Report: The High Cost of Inaction by the Massachusetts Legislature
IPS report documents missing millions as Massachusetts state legislature fails to act on Boston’s luxury transfer tax.
Tax the Rich, House the Homeless
In L.A., 1 percenters currently pay less than a 1 percent city tax on the mansions they make millions selling.
‘Reckoning’ with the Economic Marginalization of Native Americans
Efforts to narrow the racial wealth divide must address the disparities that are at the heart of our nation's founding and still run through its veins in the 21st century.
When Wall Street Came to My Mobile Home Park
Mobile homes provide affordable housing for millions. But for private equity firms, they’re just another asset to squeeze for profit.
The Least Sympathetic People in the Entire World?
They just may be the super rich who’ve bought mega-million condos in midtown Manhattan’s now infamous needle towers.