public housing 
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SOURCE: Mother Jones
10/29/2020
The Dossier That Destroyed Frank Wilkinson’s Dream of Public Housing in LA
by Eric Nusbaum
Frank Wilkinson's advocacy for racially integrated public housing in Los Angeles set off a red-baiting campaign that landed him in prison.
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SOURCE: The Metropole (Urban History Association)
9/10/2020
A Neoliberal Love Story, From Public Housing To Golf: A Review Of East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story
by Courtney Rawlings
Courtney Rawlings argues that a recent documentary on public housing has a blind spot for the politics that make decent housing precarious or even unavailable to millions.
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SOURCE: Made By History at The Washington Post
9/8/2020
Covid-19 Has Exposed The Consequences Of Decades Of Bad Public Housing Policy
by Gillet Gardner Rosenblith
Poor and economically precarious Americans are at risk of eviction in the COVID-19 crisis because American policymakers have spent decades rejecting a public role in providing decent housing outside of the market system.
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SOURCE: CBS Sports
6/7/2020
Stealing Home' Author Eric Nusbaum Discusses the Secret History of Dodger Stadium
Nusbaum's book, released in March, details the human cost of the stadium's construction.
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SOURCE: Daily Beast
3/25/2020
‘East Lake Meadows’ Reveals the Heartbreaking Reality of America’s Public-Housing Crisis
The Ken Burns-produced PBS documentary “East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story” examines our public-housing nightmare through the lens of a storied Atlanta housing project.
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SOURCE: The Washington Post
6-15-15
How Section 8 became a ‘racial slur’
by Emily Badger
A history of public housing in America.
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