| Mar 18, 2026 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyMost of the time, landlords win. When I was evicted from my Chicago apartment in 1999, I had no legal rights to defend myself against all my furniture being thrown to the curb, leaving me, my daughter, and baby grandchild out in the cold. This year though, my fellow...
| Dec 3, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyPolice “sweeps” of homeless encampments aren’t what you think — they’re much worse. I know, because I’ve been a victim of one. The Supreme Court ruled last year that unhoused people can be punished for sleeping outside, even when no shelter or affordable housing is...
| Nov 13, 2025 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyNo one wants people sleeping on our streets. For years, experts have agreed the best way to prevent that is to create more housing everyday people can afford, and to provide housing — coupled with supportive services for addiction, mental health, and other help — to...
| Nov 5, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyPresident Trump isn’t only bulldozing the East Wing of the White House with the help of his billionaire friends. The former developer is also taking a wrecking ball to affordable housing. Amid historically high housing costs, declining wages, and record homelessness,...
| Oct 22, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyI’ve spent my career highlighting the problems posed by extreme wealth. Not everyone buys it. “None of my problems exist as a result of someone else being a billionaire,” Greg B. recently wrote to me. The problem isn’t individual billionaires, I told Greg. It’s the...
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