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Ben Carson

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

LGBTQ+ activists

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

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Another despicable action by the Trump administration to disrupt communities and separate families."

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

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks to an audience in 2018.

"Using a computer to limit a person's housing choices can be just as...

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

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Without this rule, communities will not do the work to eliminate...

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

housing

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

'Stuff of Slumlords': Carson Plan Would Triple Rent on Poorest Americans

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'

HUD Secretary Ben Carson

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

Ben Carson

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

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

Newswire

ACLU

HUD Moves to Allow Anti-Trans Discrimination in Federally Funded Homeless Shelters

Free Press

Free Press: HUD Action Against Facebook Just a First Step in Protecting Users’ Civil Rights

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

National Civil Rights Groups File New Major Lawsuit Against Secretary Ben Carson and HUD Over Suspension of Critical Fair Housing Rule

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

Views

Tara Raghuveer

HUD’s Carson Offers Tenants Insults, Not Solutions

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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