Monthly Archives: April 2013

Cuts: Subsidized Housing and A Plan for Social Security

Listen Major cuts to the HUD housing voucher program are leaving people on the streets and threatening the homes of the very poor.   Today, we give you the dirty details of how Federal sequestration is playing out in central and … Continue reading

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Write Congress about Cuts to Housing Assistance Vouchers

Sample Letter April, 2013 Dear Congressperson _____________, I am writing to you because my housing authority is being forced to consider cuts to my rental assistance program due to the sequestration bill. I am really worried about what I would … Continue reading

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Fat is a Political Issue

Listen  (28 min) “If we actually started calling bullying what it is and address it as racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, fat phobia and classism it would actually give children a better way to deal with the very same power … Continue reading

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