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One City’s Pioneering Project to Push Police Funding Into Housing the Homeless

Leave a Comment / Affordable Housing, economy / By max cyril

Homelessness in the U.S., which was already on the rise prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, increased in 2020, exacerbated by the economic realities of the pandemic. Austin, Texas, is no exception, with an estimated 11 percent increase in homeless people counted in the city and Travis County between 2019 and 2020, according to the point-in-time (PIT) count reported in the …

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America Needs Infrastructure To Build Back Better

Leave a Comment / labor, unions / By max cyril

Patricia McDonald layered on sweaters, socks and mittens and huddled under blankets for 15 hours as the temperature in her Duncanville, Texas, home plunged to 42 degrees last week. Well after the water in her kitchen froze, McDonald decided she’d had enough and braved a hair-raising ride over snow-covered, ice-slicked roads to get to her …

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Southern Cities Are Passing Paid Sick Leave—But Republicans Won’t Let Them Have It

Leave a Comment / paid leave / By max cyril

On August 16, the San Antonio city council voted 9-2 to pass a paid sick leave ordinance that will allow residents to earn an hour of time off for every 30 hours worked up to six days a year at small employers and eight at larger ones. The United States is alone among 22 wealthy countries …

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One City’s Pioneering Project to Push Police Funding Into Housing the Homeless

America Needs Infrastructure To Build Back Better

Southern Cities Are Passing Paid Sick Leave—But Republicans Won’t Let Them Have It

Workers’ rights are being abused as they rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Harvey

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Madeline Messa