New market rate housing proposes to rip through the heart of the Mission with the ultimate irony. Planners think they’re realizing the dream of “Transit Oriented Development” by allowing high density housing adjacent to one of the Bay Area’s busiest transit hubs. Victory at last! But who will live there?

Supporters rally in snowstorm outside maximum security prison to show solidarity for prisoners being held without charges or release date.

In a historic protest, public housing residents brought their demand for repairs funding straight to the federal government on Nov. 20. This was the first time Toronto public housing residents joined forces with city representatives and travelled to Ottawa to bring attention to the affordable housing crisis.

A look at grassroots organizations helping Typhoon Haiyan victims in the Philippines.

Community groups mobilize to pass a dedicated fund for affordable housing in San Francisco.

First Nations and environmental activists interrupt Enbridge’s pipeline plans at a National Energy Board hearing in Toronto regarding Line 9B, a pipeline that conveys crude oil between Sarnia, Ontario and Montréal, Quebec.

An elderly Chinese American couple, Gum Gee Lee and her husband Poon Heung Lee—and their disabled 48 year-old daughter Shiuman Lee—were about to be physically removed from their home of 34 years by deputy sheriffs following a court order to carry out yet another Ellis Act eviction.

Idle No More protestors assert treaty rights and nationhood in Toronto, Canada as part of this International Day of Action, October 7, 2013.

Corporate agribusiness, like US-based Dole, and large-scale mining are threatening the lives and environment of rural Filipinos, but they're ready to fight for way of life.

Growing movement decries Philippine President's failure to address the widespread poverty, corruption and human rights abuses during his State of the Nation Address (SONA).

Community leaders are worried that diminishing funds for youth programs are going to bring an uprise of violence in troubled communities.

National Nurses United lead protest against Keystone XL pipeline highlighting possible health impact.

A look at the push to legalize San Francisco in-law units, unregulated apartments often found in garages.

California Domestic Workers and advocates meet with legislators at the California capital on Mother's Day to demand the passage of a Bill of Rights to protect their workers.

People Power Media at May Day in San Francisco, 2013.

Protesters occupy a City building because Toronto shelters are over capacity and more people are dying on the streets.

A crowd of protesters gathered around the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco to demand action on the deaths, human trafficking and abuse of Filipino migrant workers on an oil rig in New Orleans.

Doctors come together to protest cuts to refugee health care in Ontario.

The wait list for public housing in Toronto is over 10 years long. A look at what Toronto residents endure as they wait for affordable housing.

Severe cut backs to immigrant settlement services mean that many go without critical help to get established in Canada.