By Zawadi Rucks Ahidiana In July 2009, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) introduced the next generation of federally funded neighborhood-based housing interventions, the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative.  As the successor to the Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere (HOPE VI) program, the Choice Neighborhoods legislation aims to improve public housing and low-income neighborhoods.  Based [...]

By Felicity Loome During his campaign for presidency, President Obama pledged to provide $50 billion by 2013 for the global fight against HIV/AIDS, including funding for the Global Fund and for PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief created in 2003 by the former President Bush. This commitment to combating global HIV/AIDS is laudable. [...]

By Alex Habib Around mid-September, Japan captured a Chinese fishing trawler in the disputed region of the Japanese Senkaku Islands. China responded by halting the shipment of all rare earth materials to Japan. This stoppage was shortly extended to the United States and the European Union to “denounce [recent] US trade actions.”[i]

By Allison Curreri, Megan Turek, and Samantha Wright   Introduction: 2710 Bainbridge Avenue, Bronx, NY For years, the tenants at 2710 Bainbridge Avenue lived in a building without a locked front door or heat for most of the wintertime. The fire escape window to one apartment was broken and never fixed, leaving a jagged hole [...]