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Laura Gottesdiener is a journalist, social justice activist, and author of A Dream Foreclosed: Black America and the Fight for a Place to Call Home published this month by Zuccotti Park Press. She is an associate editor for Waging Nonviolence, and she has written for Rolling Stone, Ms. magazine, The Arizona Republic, The New Haven Advocate, The Huffington Post, AlterNet and other publications. She lived and worked in the People’s Kitchen during the occupation of Zuccotti Park.
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The Trump Administration Is Waging a War on Civilians In Syria
The United States is now one of the deadliest warring parties in Syria
Laura Gottesdiener
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Faced With Exorbitant Utility Costs, New York State Residents Fight To Keep The Lights On
A housing rights organization in Poughkeepsie, New York, stands with its community against a utility company's attempt to disconnect low-income family homes.
Laura Gottesdiener
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Appalachia’s Coal Industry is Collapsing—But the Mountains Aren’t Coming Back
The fall of West Virginia's coal mono-industry leaves the area without its peaks and forests. Only an uncertain future remains.
Laura Gottesdiener
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Michigan Is in the Midst of a “Massive Experiment in Unraveling U.S. Democracy”
The austerity-on-steroids measures currently taking place in Michigan may soon be coming to a state near you.
Laura Gottesdiener
Dispatch
A New Strategy To Make the Banks Pay
Youngstown, Ohio, may have found the cure to the national plague of abandoned properties.
Laura Gottesdiener
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A Tale of Two Detroits, Separate and Unequal
In the new Detroit, a small number of wealthy residents are protected by private security and constant surveillance while the city's black majority struggles to maintain access to water.
Laura Gottesdiener
Organizing Against Bank of America in Enemy Territory
Laura Gottesdiener