Birmingham Depending on whether you are looking east or west, Birmingham is either the Chicago of the United Kingdom or Chicago is the Birmingham of the United States. Carrying the analogy too far, Manchester is Cleveland to Birmingham’s Chicago. I better stop. The key point is that these are amazing, bustling cities with deep, historical …
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Tenant Organizing Tactics
Outside of Frome, England We were all organizers. We adapted and made the best of it, and then got to work. And, the work went amazingly well! The combination of video and oral reports the night before meant that the day’s business could get right to the meat of the matter of sharing organizational …
Some Good News for Low-Income Families Hoping for Homes in Cincy & Detroit
New Orleans For lower income and working families in these days of escalating rents and no money flowing in the credit deserts, the old saying that if it “weren’t for bad news, there wouldn’t be any news at all” feels too much like an everyday story. In Detroit and Cincinnati recently, there was some good …