by Natasha Mundkur | Apr 21, 2021 | Blog
Every April we celebrate National Fair Housing Month and the passage of the Fair Housing Act, a robust civil rights act enacted in 1968 that prohibits discrimination in the access of housing. On the surface, fair housing could simply mean accessibility to quality...
by Natasha Mundkur | Apr 15, 2021 | Blog
Although racial health disparities have been widely-recognized throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Black women have shouldered the brunt of systemic inequities in health care for centuries. As highlighted during this month’s Black Maternal Health Week — a campaign...
by Natasha Mundkur | Apr 9, 2021 | Blog, Press Releases
Evictions and limited housing access can affect a renter’s housing options for the rest of their life, especially during a pandemic. While the number of evictions in Minnesota has marginally decreased, close to 16,000 evictions are filed across the state every year....
by Ian Weiner | Apr 6, 2021 | Blog
On April 4, 1968, the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life was cut short by a racist’s bullet. Though his death shocked the nation and will forever reverberate throughout our republic, the fruits of his righteous labor and those of countless others remain...
by Natasha Mundkur | Mar 31, 2021 | Blog
It is something many have received in the mail, seen on tv, or even heard during a phone call: “Fill out your 2020 Census today!” The census counts the entire U.S. population once every decade. From the first census count with no privacy protections in...
by Ian Weiner | Mar 15, 2021 | Blog, Press Releases
Just three days before the November election, alarm bells rang out as partisan political candidates and advocates attempted to disenfranchise nearly 130,000 Texans in Harris County, home of the state’s largest city, who utilized the...