April 10, 2023 Sign up for PRRAC’s biweekly newsletter here. Excerpted from Poverty & Race, Volume 32, No.1 (Jan - March 2023) Education George, J., Darling-Hammond, L., & Plasencia, S. (2023). Advancing integration and equity through magnet schools [Policy brief]. Learning Policy Institute. … [Read more...] about Resources (Jan – Mar 2023 P&R Issue)
Los Angeles’ Housing Revolution (Jan – Mar 2023 P&R Issue)
April 10, 2023 Sign up for PRRAC’s biweekly newsletter here. Excerpted from Poverty & Race, Volume 32, No.1 (Jan - March 2023) Peter Dreier The recent upsurges of both labor organizing and tenant activism came together in Los Angeles last year in a dramatic victory at the polls (Dougherty, 2022; Greenhouse, 2022). In November, 58% of Los Angeles voters embraced a … [Read more...] about Los Angeles’ Housing Revolution (Jan – Mar 2023 P&R Issue)
The Right to a Tenant Union and the Fight for Rent Control in New York State (Jan – Mar 2023 P&R Issue)
April 10, 2023 Sign up for PRRAC’s biweekly newsletter here. Excerpted from Poverty & Race, Volume 32, No.1 (Jan - March 2023) Cea Weaver New York is in a housing crisis by nearly every metric. Rent is unaffordable. Evictions are rising to pre-pandemic levels. Over 100,000 students in the New York City public school system are homeless. Housing precarity brings with it … [Read more...] about The Right to a Tenant Union and the Fight for Rent Control in New York State (Jan – Mar 2023 P&R Issue)
Law, Political Economy, and Racialized Rent Gaps (Jan – Mar 2023 P&R Issue)
April 10, 2023 Sign up for PRRAC’s biweekly newsletter here. Excerpted from Poverty & Race, Volume 32, No.1 (Jan - March 2023) John Whitlow One of the central insights of the analytic frame of racial capitalism is that processes of capital accumulation generate – and, in fact, depend on – racial differentiation. Put differently, racism is an essential element of … [Read more...] about Law, Political Economy, and Racialized Rent Gaps (Jan – Mar 2023 P&R Issue)
The Case for the Tenant Union (Jan – Mar 2023 P&R Issue)
April 10, 2023 Sign up for PRRAC’s biweekly newsletter here. Excerpted from Poverty & Race, Volume 32, No.1 (Jan - March 2023) Tara Raghuveer and John Washington Housing as the Infrastructure of Racial Capitalism Today’s housing market is a catastrophic failure, shaped by the relentless prioritization of those who profit from our basic need for a home. Millions of … [Read more...] about The Case for the Tenant Union (Jan – Mar 2023 P&R Issue)