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Housing & Homelessness

Posted inRACE & PLACE

The Taking of Peachtree-Pine and the Dawning of Cop City

by Ariana Brazier May 3, 2023November 14, 2023

The simultaneity of the increased criminalization of homelessness and the Peachtree-Pine closure engendered the public emergence of Cop City. It's emblematic of Atlanta's cycle of state abandonment that exploits and reproduces the homeless population.

Posted inRACE & PLACE

These Muslim men are disrupting cycles of homelessness after prison

by Khawla Nakua March 14, 2023December 1, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

New Urbanism sells faux sustainability as a luxury on Florida's 30A

by Ashira Morris October 13, 2021September 27, 2023
Volunteers with Southern Solidarity's New York team pause for a photo while handing out supplies to the city's unhoused folks.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Homelessness and eviction have always been public health crises. The pandemic made them even more deadly.

by Sarah Glen September 13, 2021September 21, 2021
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

'A lifetime of damage' on a creosote plume in Houston's Fifth Ward

by Xander Peters August 3, 2021August 2, 2021
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

In Arkansas, falling behind on rent could mean jail time

by Maya Miller & Ellis Simani, ProPublica; & Benjamin Hardy, Arkansas Nonprofit News Network March 22, 2021March 26, 2021
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The Southern Tenant Union Playbook

by Sam Russek March 12, 2021March 15, 2021
Posted inRACE & PLACE

The South's communication infrastructure can't withstand climate change

by Bailey Basham January 8, 2021September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The obvious solution to Houston's housing crisis: 'Just cease all evictions'

by Sam Russek December 21, 2020September 27, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

The story of '2 Quarter George,' New Orleans draughtsman

by Frances Madeson September 23, 2020November 14, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

'I'm Black. I'm a mom. I'm mad.'

by Lanier Isom September 21, 2020November 14, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Too heartbreaking to leave, too expensive to stay. More than 802,000 homes are at risk of climate disaster—mostly in the South.

by Xander Peters August 7, 2020November 21, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Rent Strikes & Beyond: Housing strategies that work for the South

by Alysia Nicole Harris April 9, 2020September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Rent Strikes & Beyond: Understanding eviction laws in the South

by Alysia Nicole Harris April 8, 2020September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Community takes down neo-Nazis and slumlords in rural Tennessee

by Katie Myers March 9, 2020September 16, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Curated Tolerance: the aesthetics of gentrification

by Amber Delgado February 21, 2020November 14, 2023
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Mold, foundation cracks, sinking houses: How a Florida Habitat for Humanity neighborhood fell apart

by Imani J. Jackson January 15, 2020September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Life in the woods: North Carolina's growing homeless tent camps are an open secret

by Michael Cooper November 6, 2019November 14, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

How communities are fighting to save New Orleans from an Airbnb takeover

by Carly Berlin April 1, 2019November 14, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Hell and high water: How flooding and buyouts threaten Black history

by Laura Thompson March 11, 2019October 27, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Thinning safety nets and the closure of Atlanta's homeless shelters

by Gabrielle Hernandez May 31, 2018November 14, 2023

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