Unhoused People’s Right To Public Bathrooms
Photo Credit: Brandi Ibrao/Unsplash The COVID-19 pandemic has brought renewed attention to unhoused people’s lack of access to sanitary living conditions. The extreme dearth of shelter beds and public restrooms across the country means that unhoused people, despite...
What Nipsey Hussle Taught the Neighborhood
Guest post by Demisse Selassie. Demisse Selassie, 27, is a Prince George’s County, Maryland native. He is currently a first-year student at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Demisse’s interests lie at the intersection of law, policy, and community economic...
The Fate of Private Disparate Impact Housing Claims in the Trump Era
In 2015, The Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project that seemed to finally confirm the Court’s recognition of a private right to bring “disparate impact” claims of discrimination...
On the 50th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act, Where Are We?
April 11 marked the 50th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act, which was passed in 1968 to fix residential segregation by preventing individuals from marginalized communities from being discriminated against in the sale or rental of housing. The Act also outlawed...
Who Are You Calling a Nuisance?: How Nuisance Ordinances Discriminate Against Families With Children
The housing crisis in the United States has garnered increasing attention over the past few years, and recent studies have begun to plumb millions of eviction records to understand the full scope of the problem. Displacement—and housing injustice in general—is a...
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Today on the Amicus Blog: a guest post from @fgwaggeh analyzing the important and exciting impacts of NYC's new noncitizen municipal voting legislation: https://harvardcrcl.org/extending-the-franchise-for-americans-in-waiting-municipal-voting-rights-for-noncitizens/
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#8 How to Make Senior Capstones Truly Anti-Racist by Lisa Martinez ft. exceptional research from @NEAToday @LPI_Learning @itsywc @OUSDNews @HarvardCRCL
https://futurefocusededucation.org/2021/07/15/how-to-make-senior-capstones-truly-anti-racist/
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