Dozens of Public Housing Officials Arrested in Record Corruption Bust

The bribes pose just another monetary loss for an essential housing system that has been woefully underfunded for decades. According to a 2018 NYCHA assessment, federal capital funding has met only a fraction of capital needs since 2006. In the Continue reading Dozens of Public Housing Officials Arrested in Record Corruption Bust

Biden Should Call Trump a “Sick F**k” in Public. Real America Agrees.

Here are some poll results from last summer, which are in line with a ton of other polls. Popularity—unfavorable, 60 to 38 percent. Does Trump think he’s above the law? Yes, 63 to 37. Do you support or oppose Trump’s Continue reading Biden Should Call Trump a “Sick F**k” in Public. Real America Agrees.

San Francisco’s Housing Crisis Is Breaking Public Education

While Covid-19 probably accelerated the drop in public school enrollment, though, it didn’t precipitate it. And incompetent management of the district can’t explain why public school enrollment has been falling statewide for nearly 20 years. The housing crisis is a Continue reading San Francisco’s Housing Crisis Is Breaking Public Education

Tennessee City Walks Back Ban on Public Homosexuality … Kind Of

The Tennessee city of Murfreesboro has revoked its ban on public homosexuality, but the rules it still has in place continue to unfairly target LGBTQ people. Murfreesboro passed an ordinance in June banning “indecent behavior,” including “indecent exposure, public indecency, Continue reading Tennessee City Walks Back Ban on Public Homosexuality … Kind Of

A City in Tennessee Banned Public Homosexuality—and We All Missed It

A city in Tennessee is using a recently passed ordinance essentially prohibiting homosexuality in public to try to ban library books that might violate the new rules. Murfreesboro passed an ordinance in June banning “indecent behavior,” including “indecent exposure, public Continue reading A City in Tennessee Banned Public Homosexuality—and We All Missed It

Book Bans Are a Conservative Plot to Destroy Public Schools, Says Randi Weingarten

Teachers union head Randi Weingarten says that the campaign by conservatives to ban books isn’t about the books at all, but part of a broader strategy to destroy public schools—one that was supercharged by the pandemic. “You take the agita Continue reading Book Bans Are a Conservative Plot to Destroy Public Schools, Says Randi Weingarten

The Public Doesn’t Know How Well the Inflation Reduction Act Is Working

Investments in those things weren’t a sideshow to a White House squarely focused on lowering unemployment and modernizing the country’s infrastructure, but an essential part of that project. “We must plan for, and help to bring about, an expanded economy Continue reading The Public Doesn’t Know How Well the Inflation Reduction Act Is Working