A Global, Invisible Empire
The United States isn’t just the shape we see on a map — it’s a sprawling empire whose reach touches not just in formal territories and colonies but all corners of the world.
Annie Howard is a freelance journalist and housing organizer based in Chicago.
The United States isn’t just the shape we see on a map — it’s a sprawling empire whose reach touches not just in formal territories and colonies but all corners of the world.
The midterms offered mixed results for affordable housing advocates. But one thing is clear: rent control is back on the agenda.
The Supreme Court has made the fight against workplace sexual harassment even more difficult.
Last month, voters and organizers in Chicago mobilized against Illinois’ rent-control ban — a first step in stemming the city’s affordable-housing crisis.
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