Stories by Laura Gottesdiener

Laura Gottesdiener is a freelance journalist and the author of A Dream Foreclosed: Black America and the Fight for a Place to Call Home, forthcoming from Zuccotti Park Press.

USA Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe Comes Out

Posted on: Jul 8, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Rapinoe joins a small but growing club of elite women's athletes who have come out publicly.

Major Rent Strike Against Millionaire Slumlord Catches Fire in Brooklyn

Posted on: Jul 6, 2012, Source: AlterNet

As foreclosures continue to put historic pressure on the nation’s rental market, slumlords now have more opportunity than ever to prey on the most vulnerable of tenants.

We Win When We Live Here: How Occupiers Are Standing Up Against Foreclosures and Evictions

Posted on: Mar 29, 2012, Source: Waging Nonviolence

Across the country, homeowners, activist organizations, lawyers, unions and Occupiers are uniting to create a direct-action campaign against foreclosures.

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