Police brutality is higher than ever. But solutions are hard to devise.
Social Policy
Hannah Arendt and Isaiah Berlin both struggled with the upheaval of the 20th century. Arendt's The Human Condition wins the argument.
Efforts by governments and cities to defund the public library are thankully falleing short due to essential role libraries play.
The new year gets off to a rousing start with the launch of a new bi-weekly talk show with Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson.
A 31-year-old high black school English teacher, died after police repeatedly used a Taser on him following a traffic accident.
New lawsuits allege mega landlords are colluding to keep rents high and units vacant while also embracing surveillance tech to evict tenants.
I’ve written a ‘top 10’ overview of things to know about affordable housing and homelessness, as they relate to Canada’s upcoming federal budget. The overview is based on the affordable housing and homelessness chapter in the just-released Alternative Federal Budget. A link to the ‘top 10’ overview is here.
I recently participated in a panel discussion in David Hulchanski’s graduate-level social housing and homelessness course at the University of Toronto. Points raised in the blog post include the fact that all English-speaking countries of the OECD have relatively low levels of public social spending, relatively low levels of taxation, and serious affordable housing challenges. The link to the full [...]
On July 21, the Alternative Federal Budget Recovery Plan was released. The document aims to provide public policy direction to Canada’s federal government, in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic. I was author of the Recovery Plan’s chapter on affordable housing and homelessness, which can be accessed here.
I am currently writing a report for Employment and Social Development Canada looking at the long-term impact of the current recession on homelessness. It should be ready by early November. In the meantime, a teaser blog post I’ve just written on the same topic is available here.