A co-op, generally speaking, is a place, organization, business, or group of people who contribute collectively to running their affairs. The idea behind the cooperative housing approach is to trade the landlord-tenant style approach to housing for one that allows all members to make house decisions autonomously. Members of the Ann Arbor housing co-ops are […]

January 22, 2008 marked the 35th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that finally “gave” women autonomy over their own bodies. Despite its presence for the last few decades, many voices are threatening to overturn this decision. Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, for instance, does not consider abortion a privacy issue, […]

“My heart feels like a house and what’s inside needs to be gutted out – that’s what it feels like on the inside.” I heard these words from man named Thomas* who lived his whole life in New Orleans. A man who had been forced to leave his home in a public housing complex after […]