Greg Brand

Greg Brand is a Policy Corner (PC) writer who is passionate about public policies regarding sustainable development, 
political representation, economic development and housing. He believes individual freedoms should remain untouched as long as they bring no harm to others. He is a Master of Arts in Urban Affairs candidate at the University of San Francisco, and earned his Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Fordham University. Primarily concerned with domestic policy impacting our inner cities, Greg has experience in development policy analysis, campaign strategy, and political advocacy. He seeks to invite readers to question common perceptions of policy prescriptions and develop a fuller understanding of the political playing field influencing crucial decisions.

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Far-Right Terror

Greg Brand August 5, 2015

Over the past decade, as public angst has been stewing over the threat… References and FootnotesCharles Kurzman and David Schanzer. “The Growing Right-Wing Terror Threat.” The New York Times. June 16, 2015. ↩Jaeh Lee, Brandon Ellington Patterson, and Gabrielle Canon. “The Rise of Violent Right-Wing Extremism, Explained.” Mother Jones. June 30, 2015. ↩Ibid ↩Ibid ↩Wes Bruer and Evan Perez. “DHS intelligence report warns of domestic right-wing terror threat.” CNN. February 20, 2015. ↩Lee, Patterson and Canon, 2015. ↩United State Department of Homeland Security. US Dept of Homeland Security Assessment: (U//FOUO) Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment. 2009. ↩

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Housing Discrimination Lingers On

Greg Brand June 23, 2015

After San Francisco was devastated by the… References and Footnotes Horiuchi, Lynne. “Object Lessons in Home Building: Racialized Real Estate Marketing in San Francisco.” Landscape Journal, 26:1 (Spring 2007): 61-82. ↩Ibid ↩ Moser, Whet. “Housing Discrimination in America Was Perfected in Chicago.” Chicago Magazine, May 5, 2014. Accessed June 4, 2015. ↩ Turner, Margery Austin. “Housing discrimination today and the persistence of residential segregation.” Urban Wire: Neighborhoods, Cities, and Metros, June 12, 2013. Accessed June 4, 2015. ↩ Moser. ↩Ibid. ↩ Samuels, Alana. “Is Ending Segregation the Key to Ending Poverty?” The Atlantic, February 5, 2015. Accessed June 3, 2015. ↩Ibid. ↩Ibid. ↩Ibid. ↩ Kansas State University Newsroom. “Early Exposure to Diversity Good for Children.” Newswise, December 5, 2005. Accessed June 3, 2015. ↩

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A Blueprint for Citizen Replacement

Greg Brand May 4, 2015

The Association… References and FootnotesAmy Worth and Mark Luce, “Comments on Draft Plan Bay Area and Draft EIR,” Council of Community Housing Organizations, May 16, 2013. ↩Ibid. ↩Tim Redmond, “Planning for Displacement,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, May 28, 2013. ↩“Electric cars ‘pose environmental threat,’” BBC News, October 4, 2012. ↩Ibid. ↩

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“Hunters of Men:” Militarized Police Culture

Greg Brand April 27, 2015

 There is… References and FootnotesCynthia A. Brown, “Divided Loyalties: Ethical Challenges for America’s Law Enforcement in Post 9/11 America,” Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, 2011. ↩Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, New Press, 2010. ↩Brown, 2011. ↩Ibid. ↩Ibid. ↩ Radley Balko, “What Cop T-Shirts Tell Us About Police Culture,” Huffington Post, Jun. 21, 2013. ↩Ibid. ↩D.K., “What the Cops Say,” The Economist,  Apr. 27, 2015, http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2015/04/policing-america ↩R.W., “Lessons from Camden,” The Economist, Dec. 4, 2014, http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2014/12/police-and-people ↩Ibid. ↩