Alternative for Community & Environment (ACE)
Dudley Square Retail Rents Rising As Area
Bay State Banner, Jan. 15, 2014
The rising tide of new commercial development around Dudley Square is becoming ever more tangible, as the city began receiving proposals for leasing retail space in the new Dudley Municipal Center and financing was announced this month for a new and greatly expanded Tropical Foods store. More
Mass. Holds Hearings On $12B Transportation Spending Plan
WBUR, Jan. 30, 2014
The state is moving forward on a massive transportation spending plan that lays out how Massachusetts will spend money on infrastructure over the next five years. More
From Bad to Worse: State Capital Plan drops bus investment for next five years
01/29/2014
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation kicked off a series of six public hearings on two state plans, including the $12.4 billion draft Capital Investment Plan (CIP). After securing much needed dollars through the Transportation Investment Act passed at the State House last July, transportation officials have inexplicably left out $272 million over the next five years for critical MBTA bus maintenance and replacement. Instead, the plan proposes to push bus investment to sometime after 2019, leaving transit advocates and riders wondering if this is a bad dream or a nightmare coming to life. More
Chinese Progressive Association
Advocates For Higher Minimum Wage Celebrate Past Success and Look Ahead
San Francisco Bay Guardian, Feb. 2, 2014
February marks the 10-year anniversary of San Francisco’s minimum wage ordinance, passed by voters in 2003 with Proposition L. The landmark initiative not only raised the minimum wage in San Francisco to $8.50 per hour, but stipulated that the amount would rise every year to reflect inflation. Thanks to Prop. L, San Francisco now boasts the highest minimum wage in the nation, at $10.74. But being the nation's highest still isn’t enough.More
Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (CoCo)
L.A. Unified Should Appoint A Successor To LaMotte
Los Angeles Times, Jan. 6, 2014
Groups like the Community Coalition forced the district to reduce student suspensions, helped pass last year's ballot measure preserving school funding, and persuaded skeptics to support the iPad project, despite its bungled rollout. More
Inner-City Muslim Action Network
The Marriage of Faith and Activism in Inner City Chicago
The Star, Feb. 11, 2014
The Inter-City Muslim Action Network on Chicago's South Side brings together diverse participants to work for social justice.More
Muslims Don’t Contribute to America? Think Again
Chicago Now, Feb. 2. 2014
Muslim charity groups in the United States are too numerous to catalog, though the Bay Area Islamic Networks Group, the UMMA Clinic in Los Angeles, the Chicago-based Inner-City Muslim Action Network and Dearborn’s ACCESS are examples of groups that provide crucial services and empower the underprivileged.More
The PTSD That’s Plaguing America’s Poorest Communities
Colorlines, Feb. 4, 2014
The media is filled with stories of the violence that plagues America’s poorest black and brown neighborhoods, but a recent investigation by ProPublica’s Lois Beckett highlights one of its longest lasting side effects: hundreds of thousands of untreated cases of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder More