Lisa
@lisaabaker.bsky.social
Mom, gardener, sustainability proponent. Affordable housing/community development professional. Maker of mediocre wine from own vines. Interested in too many things inc food, food history, & increasing marketability for indigenous & climate adapted crops.
Super excited for this issue! There are some great pieces here by great housing professionals. I'm also so happy to be part of the team for From Crisis to Community, looking at people centered pre disaster planning and post disaster recovery from a US and international perspective.
NAHRO is pleased to release the Winter 2025 edition of the Journal of Housing and Community Development. With stories of international travel alongside three powerful research papers, we think you'll agree this issue is a must read!
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Winter 2025 - The National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO)
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December 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Super excited for this issue! There are some great pieces here by great housing professionals. I'm also so happy to be part of the team for From Crisis to Community, looking at people centered pre disaster planning and post disaster recovery from a US and international perspective.
What the heck is going on? Duly elected and should be sworn in to represent her district - this is a basic part of our democratic Republic.
Mike Johnson ignores a question about when he'll swear in Rep.-elect Grijalva and walks away
October 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
What the heck is going on? Duly elected and should be sworn in to represent her district - this is a basic part of our democratic Republic.
How that "one big beautiful bill" will impact cost to states and availability of food assistance to our American people
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SNAP Changes Will Upend State Budgets - Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality
SNAP is a lifeline for more than 42 million people, providing food that stabilizes families and strengthens communities, but the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) of 2025 made seismic changes to the ...
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October 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
How that "one big beautiful bill" will impact cost to states and availability of food assistance to our American people
www.georgetownpoverty.org/issues/snap-...
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Trump's Desperation Is Dangerous | It's the Democracy, Stupid with Edwin Eisendrath & Tom Nichols
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Trump's Desperation Is Dangerous | It's the Democracy, Stupid with Edwin Eisendrath & Tom Nichols
MAGA is a shrinking minority that's still trying to bend democracy to its will.
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October 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Trump's Desperation Is Dangerous | It's the Democracy, Stupid with Edwin Eisendrath & Tom Nichols
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Data is important- don't cherry pick and don't suppress the inconvenient. Extremism is a problem to be addressed as a countey, no matter where it originates from.
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September 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Data is important- don't cherry pick and don't suppress the inconvenient. Extremism is a problem to be addressed as a countey, no matter where it originates from.
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The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for at least a week rose to the highest level since late 2021, according to Labor Department data.
Nearly 2 million Americans on unemployment, highest since pandemic era
Continuing unemployment claims jumped to 1.97 million in late July, according to a Labor Department report, highlighting a weakening labor market.
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August 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for at least a week rose to the highest level since late 2021, according to Labor Department data.
Be safe out there -
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How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
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June 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Be safe out there -
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LEVY: “.. This is .. one of those operations of crazy audacity and unparalleled ingenuity that make military history. It will be taught for ages in war schools. .. Putin terrorized the world .. There was an army capable of calling his bluff—and it did.”
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June 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
LEVY: “.. This is .. one of those operations of crazy audacity and unparalleled ingenuity that make military history. It will be taught for ages in war schools. .. Putin terrorized the world .. There was an army capable of calling his bluff—and it did.”
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She explained that she “didn’t realize a president could ever become a cult leader” and realized through leading cult expert Steven Hassan’s 2019 book on Trump that she was in a cult.
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‘It’s All A Lie’: Convicted Jan. 6 Rioter Opens Up About Turning Down Trump Pardon
Pamela Hemphill, known as “MAGA Granny” after the riot, explained why there was “nothing” she could lose from passing on the president’s sweeping act.
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June 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
She explained that she “didn’t realize a president could ever become a cult leader” and realized through leading cult expert Steven Hassan’s 2019 book on Trump that she was in a cult.
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Just move the goalposts. thehill.com/regulation/c...
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May 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Just move the goalposts. thehill.com/regulation/c...
Is there a narcissist in your life? A how to guide to survive and thrive:
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I’m A Psychologist Who Specializes In Narcissists. Here’s What We Need To Do To Stop Trump.
"The same patterns that destabilize families destabilize democracies."
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May 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Is there a narcissist in your life? A how to guide to survive and thrive:
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We should be investing in rural communities and making them better places to build a life & raise a family - not shutting down rural hospitals by choking off their funding.
Saving rural hospitals is one more reason to call your Representative and speak out against this GOP attempt to cut Medicaid.
Saving rural hospitals is one more reason to call your Representative and speak out against this GOP attempt to cut Medicaid.
Hundreds of rural hospitals are at risk of closing, threatening critical care
Hospital officials told CBS News the closure was driven by the same factors that have closed other rural hospitals: low reimbursement rates.
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May 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We should be investing in rural communities and making them better places to build a life & raise a family - not shutting down rural hospitals by choking off their funding.
Saving rural hospitals is one more reason to call your Representative and speak out against this GOP attempt to cut Medicaid.
Saving rural hospitals is one more reason to call your Representative and speak out against this GOP attempt to cut Medicaid.
You are here.
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The World’s Most Urgent Scientific Question
https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/wmo-confirms-2024-warmest-year-record-about-155degc-above-pre-industrial-level
There is no question more urgent than the one indicated by that red arrow in the graph...
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May 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
You are here.
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First the Americorps and now the Peacecorps -
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Peace Corps braces for deep cuts under Trump
Peace Corps staffers are bracing for deep cuts at the agency, ones they fear will do untold damage to one of the last remaining programs promoting development and fostering goodwill abroad. E…
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May 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
First the Americorps and now the Peacecorps -
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Heard some wise words:
Just a thought. Do you burn down your entire house because you have a broken window, a dryer that isn't getting the job done, and a leaky faucet? Or, do you replace that window, get a better dryer, and fix the leak? IYKYK. Speaking figuratively. Our house is in fine shape.
Just a thought. Do you burn down your entire house because you have a broken window, a dryer that isn't getting the job done, and a leaky faucet? Or, do you replace that window, get a better dryer, and fix the leak? IYKYK. Speaking figuratively. Our house is in fine shape.
April 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Heard some wise words:
Just a thought. Do you burn down your entire house because you have a broken window, a dryer that isn't getting the job done, and a leaky faucet? Or, do you replace that window, get a better dryer, and fix the leak? IYKYK. Speaking figuratively. Our house is in fine shape.
Just a thought. Do you burn down your entire house because you have a broken window, a dryer that isn't getting the job done, and a leaky faucet? Or, do you replace that window, get a better dryer, and fix the leak? IYKYK. Speaking figuratively. Our house is in fine shape.
Community building and flood resilience sounds like good projects to me.
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Trump administration rescinds $500,000 EPA grant to fund a community project helping 5 Southwest Virginia communities
Appalachian Voices, the nonprofit that's working with the five communities, has filed an administrative appeal to contest the decision.
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April 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Community building and flood resilience sounds like good projects to me.
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