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Ben Carson

Putting Fair Housing Investigations on Back-Burner, Trump's HUD Abandons Core Mission

For Defending Discrimination of Homeless Transgender People, Ben Carson's Fearmongering Called 'Deeply Alarming'

Julia Conley, staff writer

"It is because of derogatory myths like this, which have been debunked time and time again, that the transgender community faces disproportionate levels of discrimination and homelessness."

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Ben Carson Catches Heat for Cutting 'Free From Discrimination' Promise Out of HUD Mission

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

HUD Secretary Ben Carson

"You have experienced first-hand the demoralizing wounds of segregation and...

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While Nation's Poor Face Billions in Cuts, Don't-Make-Public-Housing-Too-Cozy Carson Spends Lavishly at HUD Offices

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Ben Carson

Trump has proposed cutting $6.8 billion from HUD, jeopardizing millions of...

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Cabinet

New Analysis Catalogs Trump's Controversy-Riddled Cabinet-Level Selections

Amid GOP Assault on Safety Net, Trump's HUD Secretary Says Poverty Mostly a "State of Mind"

Trump's Budget Draft Takes Axe to Low Income Housing Funds

No, Ben Carson, Those in the 'Bottom of Slave Ships' Were Not Immigrants

Six Democrats and Independent Sen. Angus King Vote to Confirm Inexperienced Safety-Net Foe Ben Carson

'Resistance Means Resisting': Dems Accused of Being Too Soft on Trump

Pressed By Warren, Carson Can't Promise Trump Won't Benefit From HUD Contracts

The GOP's Brilliant Plan to Distract from Critical Confirmation Hearings

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National Low Income Housing Coalition

Statement from Diane Yentel, President and CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, on President Trump’s Budget Request

Grassroots Global Justice Alliance

J20 9am Women of Color Action at Dept of Energy

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Views

Christopher Brauchli

Poverty, Poor Ben Carson, and a $31,000 Table

Richard Eskow

Ben Carson’s Redecoration of HUD is Worse Than You Think

Aditi Katti

Tenants March to Stop Giveaways to Wall Street Landlords

Shelley Poticha

Earth Day Should Be Called "People of Earth" Day

Robert Reich

Update for Trump Voters

Ezra Rosser

The Bullshit Era

Ashley Balcerzak

Carson’s Cash: Highly Conservative Interests Have Fueled His Campaign and Kept Food on the Table

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