For those who live there, Chicago’s Ewing Annex Hotel is a refuge, an artifact, and a last chance. The man who’s been holding it together for more than 20 years is about to retire.

“What really worries me is what’s gonna happen next year. I may find more income sources; I may not.”

In Santa Cruz, an unauthorized graduate student strike threatens to spill into its second week, with no clear resolution in sight.

In response to a reformist chorus directing them to wait, Moms 4 Housing opted to address a housing crisis with immediate action—and won.