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Last year, Ferguson City Councilmember Wesley Bell shocked the political establishment by unseating 28-year-incumbent Bob McCulloch, who had failed to prosecute Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot Michael Brown in Ferguson in 2014. Now, against considerable internal resistance, Bell is seeking to fundamentally change how the county prosecutor’s office operates.
Moving with unusual speed, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a new law that will give city housing nonprofits first option to place bids on available multifamily properties.
Advocates for supports for people with chronic mental illness are in a Catch-22: They find themselves supporting situations that are at times not ideal out of fear that the alternatives may be worse.
The ugly politics that is sliming US congresswoman Ilhan Omar is beyond reprehensible.
Passed in early 2018, a package of $20 billion in federally approved long-term disaster relief funds for Puerto Rico largely remains in Washington, unspent.
If it’s true that race-based stress is at least in part to blame for high infant mortality rates, there remains a larger agenda to pursue.
The subject of Black reparations is finally moving from the fringe to the center of public conversation. It comes at a time of widespread economic inequality and calls for universal approaches. Democratic presidential candidates find themselves smack in the middle of it.
While it is good to see health care providers take steps to improve health by meeting patients’ social needs, to truly address social determinants of health requires a broader community vision.
Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed says the UNs Sustainable Development Goals can’t be achieved without changes to global financial systems.
Congestion pricing is now law in Manhattan. Will charges assessed drivers traveling to high-congestion areas change the way people view city driving and public roads?
