Turf Wars
By Barry Bearak
America's largest landlord, New York City, controls thousands of apartments in need of rehabbing. One group of squatters is ready, willing and able to do the work in exchange for a decent place to live. A perfect match? Not when the urgency of the poor conflicts with the careful planning of a city agency.

Start Your Engines
By Peter Dreier
By making voter registration a simple process, the National Voter Registration Act will allow millions of currently disenfranchised poor and low-income people to make their voices heard. But, it's a voice that won't be heard if progressives don't organize the newly registered.

Holding Landlords Accountable
By Cinder Hypki 
Forcing landlords to make repairs has never been easy. It's especially hard when the rules of bankruptcy channel rent to "creditors."  Baltimore's Community Law Center convinced one Judge to name a landlord's tenants as creditors, forcing needed repairs and service.