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Zohran Mamdani Can Learn From Paris Housing Victories

Ian Brossat, Interviewed by Harrison Stetler Jacobin
As Paris’s deputy mayor, Ian Brossat massively expanded the French capital’s public housing stock. He spoke to Jacobin about the left-wing city hall’s record and what lessons it might have for Zohran Mamdani in New York.

Friday Nite Videos | February 2, 2024

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We Grown Now | Movie. The Story of a Global Favorite: El Condor Pasa. Legal Weed Is Being Ruined by Corporate Greed. As SCOTUS Hearing Looms, an Update on Trump Disqualification. Why I Stay: Living Inside the Ruins of my Gaza Home.

We Grown Now | Movie

Best friends Malik and Eric discover the joys and hardships of growing up in the sprawling Cabrini-Green public housing complex in 1992 Chicago. 

Imagine a Renters’ Utopia. It Might Look Like Vienna.

Francesca Mari; Photographs by Luca Locatelli The New York Times
Soaring real estate markets have created a worldwide housing crisis. What can we learn from a city that has largely avoided it? The difference is Vienna prioritizes subsidizing construction, while the U.S. prioritizes subsidizing people with vouchers
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