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Jimmy Tobias is a contributor to The Nation, where he writes for the Cities Rising series and also covers conservation and environmental justice.
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Activists won some crucial initiatives, but the real-estate industry spent massively to sink others.
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Through a mix of “inclusive populism” and nonstop organizing, Lancaster Stands Up is betting it can reclaim its corner of Pennsylvania.
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And that plot begins with the fossil-fuel industry.
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They’re going after slumlords and real-estate speculators.
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A strong housing movement needs strong politicians as allies.
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Hint: It involves the passage of the largest affordable-housing bond in the city’s history, plus calls for cooperatives and community land trusts.
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From rent regulation to social housing, activists are pushing for serious solutions to the affordable-housing crisis.
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Dispatches from the Urban Resistance, from Tempe to Nashville and beyond.
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Dispatches from the Urban Resistance, from Philly to Kansas City and beyond.
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Thanks to a savvy, progressive coalition, Austinites will no longer have to work through heart attacks, flus, and stomach bugs.
