Long before the September 30 ICE raid, Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood had been ravaged by a series of sprawling apartment building pump-and-dump schemes, aided and abetted by industrial-scale mortgage fraud, old-fashioned government inaction, and a smattering of Venezuelan gangsters.
Housing and Transportation
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Rent Debtors Strike Against Abusive Corporate Landlord
The Debt Collective is leading the charge against the real estate behemoth Equity Residential.
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YIMBYs on the Cusp of Major Victory in California
Years of organizing might be rewarded in the form of denser housing around California transit.
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Transportation Department Quietly Disbands Advisory Committees
Labor groups representing railroaders worry the move could muzzle frontline worker voices and make it easier for industry to shape regulation.
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Transit Funding Crisis Unfolds in Pennsylvania
How the Keystone State handles a shortfall in Philadelphia could prove decisive for urban mass transit.
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Chicago’s Public Transit Is in Limbo
As COVID transit money finally runs out, the city looks for new lifelines.
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Industry Lobbyists Pitch Driverless ‘Ghost Trains’ Across America
Buoyed by Trump’s deregulatory agenda, rail companies press for cost-cutting measures that could undermine railroad safety.
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AI Ban in Spending Bill Would Curb States’ Driverless Car Regulations
As the first fully automated 18-wheeler rolls out, states would have no ability to govern what is taking place on their own roads.
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Corporate Landlords Show Racist Eviction Patterns
A new study reveals that large national landlords in Los Angeles are disproportionately evicting Black tenants.
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Almost All the Critics Love It in New York
Congestion pricing is surprisingly popular, even if Washington wants it gone.