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BC Editorial Board member, Dr. James Jennings, PhD - Professor Emeritus, Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University. Click here to contact Dr. Jennings.
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it is these recent, spiteful federal actions and dictates that are are illegal and contradictory to the U.S. Constitution and a plethora of laws and judicial decisions and regulations established, and reaffirmed, over decades.
Note: This commentary is the opening Presentation by James Jennings to the Convening: Environmental Justice and Housing Equity: Building Power for Communities, on behalf of Alternatives…
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We must ensure that community voices are strengthened and sustain lest the future be determined by real estate and big corporate markets rife with concentrated wealth, and which would result in continuing gentrification and displacement, increasing income and wealth inequality, and persistent poverty.
This is a synopsis of a study published in 2016 about gentrification in Boston, Massachusetts, still one of the most segregated, and most expensive to live…
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it should now be clear that welfare reform had little to do with fighting or reducing poverty. According to interests who supported this legislation the key problem was “dependency.”
The twentieth year anniversary of the Personal Responsibility and Work Reconciliation Act (1996) has spurred a boom let of articles and reflections about federal legislation to…
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“Americans interested in seeing the major parties adopt more progressive stances in eliminating racial and class divisions, including poverty, should seek to support an independent front, or third party, that could at least influence the policies adopted by the Democrats and Republicans.”
The U.S. two party system is entering a period of major realignment. This observation is based on the anti-elitist movement within both parties reflected in the…
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Thank you very much for your readership.
Thank you very much for your readership.
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Let�s be clear: the 3 strikes crime bill being proposed for Massachusetts has nothing to do with the stopping or reduction of crime.� If not for the kind of long-enduring negative impacts on people and families, and communities, the proposal could be described as silly.� We cannot describe it as silly, however, because there is…
Let�s be clear: the 3 strikes crime bill being proposed for Massachusetts has nothing to do with the stopping or reduction of crime.� If not for…
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The future of urban politics and resulting social policies will be colored significantly by the political posture that Blacks, Latinos, Asians and other communities of color have towards each other. Collectively, these groups now have the capacity to represent a major political factor in determining the kinds of public policies that are adopted by city,…
The future of urban politics and resulting social policies will be colored significantly by the political posture that Blacks, Latinos, Asians and other communities of color…
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