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'Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the Titanic': Why This Abolitionist Believes Biden's Executive Order on Private Prisons Isn't the Progressive Measure He Thinks It Is

“If we want to transform society, we can’t just shun [incarcerated folks] and pretend that they don’t exist and lock them up and throw away the key. That kind of thinking is really at the root of reform.” — Kim Wilson, Ph.D., Co-host and Producer, Beyond Prisons podcast text Kim Wilson, Ph.D., is the living…

By

Jessica Moulite

Published

March 18, 2021
News

Biden Signs Order Halting Federal Private Prison Contract Renewals, But Falls Short on Ending For-Profit Immigration Detention Centers

We have to give President Joe Biden credit. One week in office and he’s making moves towards establishing a government that defends the kind of values most of us support, the same ones the previous administration was outright hostile towards. You know, values such as racial equity, believing in science, and most recently, the proliferation…

By

Ishena Robinson

Published

January 27, 2021
News

Trump Plan for Home Loans Stokes Fears of Higher Mortgage Rates for Would-Be Homebuyers

Housing advocates fear a Trump administration plan to return federal mortgage backers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the private sector will increase the cost of house loans and make it harder for low-income and disadvantaged communities to buy homes. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are the government-controlled companies that help provide money for the…

By

Dara Sharif

Published

September 6, 2019
Gentrification & Housing, Politics

Knocking Down the PJs? NYC Considers Building Mixed-Income Residence on Site of Public Housing

Ask any native New Yorkers, especially black and brown New Yorkers, and “word on the street” has long been the notion that with gentrification would come the demolition of public housing, long the place many poorer black and brown New Yorkers have called home. Now comes word that the idea is no longer just a…

By

Dara Sharif

Published

April 22, 2019