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LGBTQ Advocates Applaud HUD Reversal of Trump Anti-Trans Shelter Rule

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on April 20, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Oliver Contreras/Pool/Getty Images)

Ocasio-Cortez Amendment Takes Aim at 'Racist, Classist' Attack on Fair Housing by Trump

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

"We must hinder President Trump's efforts to segregate communities and to discriminate against Black and Brown homeowners and renters."

'Racist, Classist Garbage': Trump Brags to Suburbia About His Repeal of Housing Desegregation Rule

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"This is blatant racism from the President of the United States," said Sen...

Progressive Lawmakers Demand Nationwide Moratorium on 'Cruel and Dangerous' Evictions Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Evicting families puts their health at risk, imposes trauma on and disrupts...

'A National Disgrace': Minimum Wage Workers Can't Afford Two-Bedroom Apartment In Any State or City in the US

'Dangerous and Disgraceful': HUD Proposal Would Let Homeless Shelters Turn Away Trans People

'Breathtaking Cruelty': Trump WH Unveils Plan That Would Evict Tens of Thousands of Kids From Public Housing

'Commendable, If Not Overdue': HUD Files Charges Against Facebook for Virtual Redlining

In Latest Attack on Fair Housing Act, Carson Moves to Gut Anti-Segregation Rule

'Glut of Overpriced Apartments' Has Made Rents Fall for Rich, Soar for Poor in Cities Nationwide

With Housing Assistance About to Be Yanked Away, Sen. Warrren Excoriates 'Shameful' Failure to Help Puerto Ricans

'Unconscionable' and 'Shocking': Trump's Head of NOAA Proposes Axing 'Climate' and Conservation From Agency's Mission

Protesting 'Morally Repugnant' Trump Policies, Poor People's Campaign Demands Action on Housing, Health, and Climate

'National Disgrace': Poverty Wages Make Affordable Housing a Myth for Low-Income Americans

After Countless Billions Lavished on Wealthy, Trump Plan Would Spike Rents of Poor Americans by 20%

Carson Pulls Tool Used by Officials to Identify Segregation

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Not Brain Surgery: Oreos and Idiots and Arrogant Incompetence Oh My

Exhibit 742 of the evil clown show that is our current government: The surreal "testimony" before House Democrats of alleged HUD Secretary Ben Carson, who in several mind-bending exchanges veered between stupor, belligerence and breathtaking ignorance about his job as he bunglingly defended plans for massive budget cuts and rent increases, compared throwing 55,000 children on the street with oxygen masks on airplanes, and confused foreclosures with cookies. Really.