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Supervisor Wilma Chan and Colleagues Condemn Trump Border Policy
Today, Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan hosted a press conference at De Colores Head Start in Oakland, to express her outrage with President Trump’s policy of separating children from their parents at the U.S. border. Chan along with elected officials and community leaders called for an immediate change in policy and outlined resources and steps …
How Naomi Starkman's Using Journalism to Change Food Policy
"Our job is to raise important questions that you’re not hearing asked by other news outlets," says the editor-in-chief of Civil Eats.
American Housing Policy’s Two Basic Ideas Pull Cities in Opposite Directions
Local governments can’t resist trying to make a home both a cheap purchase and a lucrative investment.
Tips for Supervising Family Services Staff Who Are Working Remotely
Supervisors can use these tips to support family services staff and other direct service professionals who are teleworking with families.
How Food Policy Re-connects Us to Our Food
Food Policy Councils help connect the dots between the fields and our forks. They are convening diverse people across the food chain to discuss good food...
How do Opposition party policies on housing stack up?
Experts and academics examine eye-catching promises from rent freezes to ending vulture funds
8 Ways We Can Actually Increase Food Access Nationwide
Policy, food justice advocacy, and activism can help.
Building a Child-Protection Policy for VBS
It's important to build a child-protection policy for VBS as well as for other children's ministry needs. As you work with your leaders to develop this policy, it's important to define a plan, communicate with all your volunteers, and the rest of your congregation.
How to help families separated at the U.S. border
Local policy tools to meet housing needs
A new report provides a menu of options, including incentives, to support housing preservation and production.
‘Beggars can’t be choosers’ is not sound public policy
They need to accept the help they’re given,” a woman told me at a neighborhood meeting. “We can’t keep letting people make the wrong choice.”
Counterpoint: An inclusionary zoning policy on housing is well-justified
The private market alone won't fix the crisis. Calling for developments to have a modest percentage of affordable units is fair and reasonable.
Border kid to detained mom: 'Why don't you love me anymore?'
"We'll be very happy, and we'll never be apart again," one mom wrote her child.
What Laws Protect Detained Children From Mistreatment on the Border?
Federal statute protects the most basic of children's rights—but advocates say the government is still trying to find loopholes.
How housing production, policies impact displacement
Berkeley study reveals impacts of new construction, rent stabilization and just-cause evictions on displacement
How social-welfare policy is affecting family formation
In America, the most effective “anti-poverty program” is the institution of work (more specifically, ensuring people have a full-time job). The second most effective program for preventing people f…
Why Housing Policy Feels Like Generational Warfare
Charted: How Housing Policy Impacts Inequality
New data visualization shows how the wrong housing policy can lead to stark disparity.
How Bad Policy Ends Up on Our Sidewalks
From scooter start-ups to public-health issues, sidewalks have long been a dumping ground for all kinds of policy failures.
Why American policy is leaving millions hungry
Instead of trying to eliminate hunger, we continue to talk about personal responsibility.
How zoning policies affect student achievement
Communities pursuing inclusionary housing policies and socioeconomic school integration programs are demonstrating that we don’t have to accept rising economic segregation as inevitable.
