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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