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The Empire Strikes Back  - How Wall Street Has Turned Housing Into a Dangerous Get-Rich-Quick Scheme — Again

This time it’s securities bundled from rentals, rather than mortgages.  By Laura GottesdienerTomDispatch.com You can hardly turn on the television or open a newspaper without hearing about the nation’s impressive, much celebrated housing recovery. Home prices are rising! New
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The Fabulous Five and Resurgence of a Housing Justice Movement:

Homeowners, Renters and Homeless families Unite For Secure, Affordable Housing For All Fannie Mae wants Virginia Wooten and her son on the street by October 8. You hear “Fannie Mae” and think of a kind aunt that will do anything
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The fight against displacement continues with recent wins on both sides of the bay!

As the crisis worsens and working-class people are left without work, services are being cut and foreclosed homes are left vacant, our fight for housing and justice needs to be even stronger, with bolder demands. Last year, Causa Justa ::
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The Legacy of Manning Marable: 1950-2011

Two decades in the making, Manning Marable’s nearly 600-page biography, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, is described as a reevaluation of Malcolm X’s life, providing new insights into the circumstances of his assassination, as well as raising questions about
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The Trust Act passes another hurdle on a 11-0 vote

AB1081, the Trust Act, passed another hurdle when it sailed through the State Appropriations Committee May 18 by a vote of 11-0 with Democrats voting unanimously for the bill. It now advances to the Assembly Floor where the fight is
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The TRUST Act: Sign it Gov. Brown!

Our Work Continues With Resilience and Courage By Cinthya Muñoz Ramos Thanks to Melanie Cervantes, Favianna Rodriguez and ACUDIR for the collaboration on these beautiful posters! As our newspaper goes into print Oct 12, we await a signature that would
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There’s room for a $15 minimum wage in S.F.’s new economy

Vanessa Moses and Josué Arguelles Published in SF Gate, Tuesday, May 6, 2014 It’s been 10 years since San Francisco raised its minimum wage to the highest in the country. Today, we find ourselves in a new economy. Yet day
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Shirley from @CVHaction repping #homes4all demanding principal reduction

Those Hurt by Housing Crisis Interrupt FHFA Acting Director DeMarco at House Hearing

Five Arrested For Protesting DeMarco at House Financial Services Hearing Shirley from @CVHaction repping #homes4all demanding principal reduction Washington, DC—A group of 15 Americans in need of affordable housing crashed a Financial Services hearing on the Hill today, where FHFA
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TODAY JULY 9 Housing Can’t Wait March & Speakout 11AM

Join us for our Housing Can’t Wait March TODAY–Tuesday, July 9 at 11am, at the 24th Street BART station plaza, SF. Our Housing Can’t Wait March and Speak-out is the day that the Right to the City Alliance, of which
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TRUST Act Advocacy Day

Our families belong together. It’s local law enforcement and ICE who should be separated. Immigrant Rights advocates and allies will head to Sacramento on Tuesday, August 28 as part of a TRUST Act Advocacy Day beginning at 10am on 7th
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