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Big investors gobble up trailer parks, profit from housing crisis

June 5, 2021 Scott Scheffer
In September 2020, a company called “CPI Superstition Sunrise RV Resort, LLC” purchased a mobile home park (MHP) in Mesa, Ariz., for $88 million — a record price for Arizona. The new owner concealed its […]
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Community organizers force veto of attack on renters’ rights

May 22, 2021 Andre Powell
Renters and tenant rights groups in Baltimore successfully forced the mayor to veto a bill that they would introduce rental security-deposit insurance — so-called surety bonds, a predatory practice by landlords that essentially makes the […]
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Unemployment benefits owed to every worker

May 15, 2021 Gary Wilson
The New York Times has called the Biden presidency “an echo of Franklin Roosevelt.” Today, support for labor unions is broader and more widespread than at any time in the last five decades, including support […]
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What happened to U.S. passenger trains?

May 11, 2021 Stephen Millies
People around the world celebrate May Day as the international workers’ holiday. This past May 1st was also the 50th anniversary of Amtrak, the U.S. government’s passenger train system. Until the coronavirus pandemic, Amtrak’s 20,000 […]
Lubchanksy
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The boom isn’t happening: Jobs report shows unemployment worsening

May 10, 2021 Gary Wilson
  No matter how you look at it, the Labor Department’s April jobs report is miserable — unless you’re on Wall Street. The stock market hit record highs after the report was released. Business Insider […]
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Don’t let them evict us!

May 7, 2021 Stephen Millies
Federal Judge Dabney Friedrich threw out the federal ban on evictions May 5. The Trump-appointed judge claims the Centers for Disease Control had no authority to impose the moratorium under the Public Health Service Act […]
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Ramsey Clark, enemy of imperialist war and racist oppression

April 12, 2021 John Parker
On April 9, a dear friend and inspiration of mine died: former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark. I traveled with him to many targets of U.S. imperialism and met heads of state. He had the […]
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Where’s our $15 minimum wage?

April 12, 2021 Lev Koufax
On March 11, President Joe Biden signed a “historic” relief bill for the U.S. population. This bill’s goal was allegedly to soften the social and economic blow dealt to working people as a result of […]
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Maryland public-sector workers, forced back into line of fire, fight back

April 9, 2021 Bayani
Though there’s no end to the pandemic in sight, including new mutations being confirmed at the University of Maryland College Park campus, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan ordered public-sector workers back to work.  Of course, most […]
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Open letter to Facebook denouncing the censorship of anti-imperialist activists

March 7, 2021 People’s Power Assembly
March 1, 2021 Facebook has recently waged a war on the accounts of progressive organizations and progressive individuals. Subsequently, a litany of progressive organizations has released statements and taken actions condemning Facebook’s censorship of anti-racist […]