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Brentin Mock
Brentin Mock is a staff writer at Citylab.com where he writes about civil rights and all matters of justice.
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The War Against Early Voting Heats Up
In Ohio, reforms to restrict voting move forward.
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The Latest Lie in the Push For Voter ID Restrictions
The debate around voter ID law in Wisconsin is representative of whether elected officials can understand the true costs and burdens of being poor, black, and brown in America.
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Change is Bad. At Least for the VRA
Liberals should not be seduced by the argument that Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act should be expanded.
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Something in the Water
D.C.’s Anacostia neighborhood struggles with the double burden of high unemployment rates and environmental degradation. Can green stimulus efforts offer lasting change?
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The Gulf Coast is America’s Lower 9th Ward.
Four years after Katrina, government bodies are still shuffling about trying to figure out what is the best future policy for a sustainable, prosperous New Orleans. The challenges facing the Gulf Coast are the same facing the nation: developing housing, improving health care, closing educational achievement gaps, de-concentrating centers of poverty, and achieving security from […]
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The Environmental Mess Palin Left Behind
The policies Gov. Sarah Palin sold as solutions to America’s energy crisis are now failing investors, stakeholders, and the environment.
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Why is the Treasury Excluding the Gulf Coast from Stimulus Benefits?
Low-income housing construction is stalled due to the economic collapse — and a recent ruling by Tim Geithner is preventing federal funds from reaching the victims of Katrina.
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OBAMA IS, IN FACT, STEPPING UP, BUT STEPS STILL MISSING.
The Post report on Barack Obama‘s plan to provide relief to families being evicted from FEMA trailers is true, say a FEMA spokesperson and low-income housing advocates close to the administration. Today, the Obama administration will announce the following steps toward assuring that those still stuck in FEMA temporary small housing units won’t be left […]
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OBAMA STEPS UP TO THE PLATE ON FEMA EVICTIONS?
Yesterday I reported about advocates for Gulf Coast residents still stuck in FEMA trailers for lack of a home to move to, and their calls for Barack Obama to “step up to the plate” as FEMA prepared to evict families finally from those trailers. Well, it sounds like he heard their call, so far. The […]