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  • Homebuilder Monopolies Contribute to Housing Shortages

    Ending Homelessness Sep 13, 2023

    Buying a home remains out of reach for many individuals and families in the United States, with house prices hovering close to an all-time high, and millennials, for a variety of…

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  • Disaster Clean-up Has Become Profitable – and Exploitative

    Disaster Relief and Recovery Magazine Sep 13, 2023

    Private equity firms are increasingly profiting from cleaning up climate disasters in the US, while failing to better protect workers and often also investing in the fossil fuels that are…

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  • A Survey of Teachers’ Perceptions of Their Work and Salaries

    RAND Corporation Sep 12, 2023

    The authors present teachers’ perceptions of their base salary and total weekly hours worked and describe how these factors related to teachers’ well-being and their intentions to leave their jobs….

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  • How Housing First Can Reduce Incarceration

    Ending Homelessness Sep 12, 2023

    Housing is one of our best tools for ending mass incarceration. It does more than put a roof over people’s heads; housing gives people the space and stability necessary to…

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  • Gender Equity in the Higher Education Workforce

    Higher Education Dive Sep 11, 2023

    Some 28% of women working for colleges believe they have been passed over for a promotion because of their gender, according to new survey data from Gallup. Hispanic and Asian women were…

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  • Why Is Affordable Housing A Barrier for Educators?

    EdSurge Sep 11, 2023

    EAGLE COUNTY, Colo. — Carrie Rodgers gestures toward the silver medallion sitting atop her fridge, then waves it off. It’s nothing really, she shrugs. …

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  • How Gardening Can Help Bolster Rural Food Security

    The Rural Blog Sep 10, 2023

    A youngster in Letcher County, Ky. enjoys the family garden. (Photo by Rick Childress, Lexington Herald-Leader) Many rural Kentuckians strug…

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  • Problems with the Regenerative Agriculture Movement

    The Counter Sep 9, 2023

    It hardly matters if you’re dealing with food justice activists or tech-startup entrepreneurs. Small, independent farmers or the corporate leadership of agribusiness giants. Policy wonks or research scientists. Everyone is talking…

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  • How Can Educator Talent Shine Amid Teacher Shortages?

    The Hechinger Report Sep 9, 2023

    Post-pandemic, teachers remain bound to the same inflexible expectations and schedules that have defined their roles for hundreds of years. But current teacher shortages are finally spurring an embrace of broader conceptions of teaching.

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  • The Fight For Better School Lunches

    Chalkbeat Sep 9, 2023

    A NYC student explores the quality of school food on this episode of the Miseducation podcast from the Bell, a New York City high school audio journalism program.

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  • Mobile Homes Can Become Climate Solutions

    Grist Sep 8, 2023

    Mobile homes house 22 million people in the U.S.and investing in them could be a solution to the housing and climate crises…

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  • Infrastructure That Can Help Advance Mutual Aid Groups and Social Movements

    Urban Institute Sep 8, 2023

    Mutual aid groups and social movements meet critical community needs, often during crises, but face funding challenges.

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