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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Housing costs and supply are dominating the news at the moment. Housing is the highest monthly bill typical Americans face, reaching an average of $1674 a month in 2021. Housing prices have increased far faster than incomes (Miller 2015), making affordable homeownership inaccessible for many aspiring homeowners (Hackett et al.

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Wanted: Women’s Golf Clubs In A Gender-Neutral Shade

Public Policy Blog

Sheryl Sandberg recently wrote a book called “Lean In” based on her TEDTalk in 2011 where she pondered why there are so few women at the top. AROUND THE HOUSE?! I mean, what would I do if I couldn’t get help around THE HOUSE [*sarcasm*]. Thank goodness.

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A Proposed Strategy to Advocate for Improved Civil Protection in the United Kingdom

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

The devolved administrations and metropolitan mayoralities are the nearest Britain comes to having a regional tier of public administration. The regional tier. These entities lack the coherence of, for example, the 20 Italian regions or 25 Netherlands safety regions. However, in these respects there is little sign of change.

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

While journalists covered the Occupy Wall Street and Tea Party movements exhaustively, the body of literature in the academic world is still relatively small in examining outcomes based on these social movements; even smaller in public administration and political science emphasized journals. 2011; Aday, et al.,

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V for Vagina: The Anniversary of Michigan Representative Lisa Brown’s Vagina Monologue

Public Policy Blog

Later, Majority Floor Leader Jim Stamas, R-Midland, determined Brown’s comments “violated the decorum of the House”, said Ari Adler, spokesman for the Republican majority. Pete Lund, (House Speaker) Jase Bolger, (Rep.) Measuring State House Speakers Formal Power 1981-2010. Image: Washington Post. State Legislatures.

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The Social Media President – @POTUS final #SOTU

Public Policy Blog

Bush administration in 2002. First enhanced State of the Union live stream : President Obama, 2011. These efforts build on previous White House efforts to connect with users across a range of social media sites and make the experience of the speech appropriate to each platform. Bush in 2004. No small feat. Not a West Wing fan?