Federal Anti-Segregation Milestones Demand Local Mobilization

Justin Steil — 2015-11-24T06:00:00Z

In June 2015, the US Supreme Court affirmed a legal tool that stands to hold municipalities and lenders accountable to fair housing and residential integration goals. In July, the Department of Housing and Urban Development released a rule that offers new points of leverage in the fair-housing planning process. However, both will require sustained mobilization if they are to have any real impact.
The past year has witnessed the most vigorous public discussion of residential segregation and

- From the Field / segregation, housing, United States, discrimination, supreme court, fair housing, residential segregation, Department of Housing and Urban Development, mobilization, redlining

Occupy Mall Street?

Anthony Maniscalco — 2015-04-21T04:50:00Z

The quintessential suburb is home to the shopping mall, an indoor space of anchor departments stores, small specialty shops and food courts. This multi-tiered site of commerce is sometimes repurposed as a senior exercise track, a meeting place for holiday festivities, or YouTube-inspired flash mobs. However, as Tony Maniscalco explains, coordinated efforts and legal precedents have curbed the possibility of freedom of expression and assembly at shopping malls.
When the suburban shopping mall

- Debates / consumption, public space, United States, property, suburbs, retail, commerce, shopping mall, First Amendment, assembly, supreme court

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Federal Anti-Segregation Milestones Demand Local Mobilization

Occupy Mall Street?