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10/17/2026

Happy No Kings Day! Today is the day we help voters make a plan to early vote. This will be some of the most critical work the last 10 years as led us to and you will be part of that history. See you at 10am.

We'll be on the green space at the corner of Race and Cedar in Cambridge, across from the Bradford House.* The work is simple: we're talking with neighbors about voting and we will be helping people make an actual plan to vote early — when they'll go, how they'll get there, what they need to bring...

10/17/2026

There is no state in America where a full-time minimum wage worker can comfortably afford a two-bedroom apartment.

Think about how crazy that sounds.

Someone can work 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year, and STILL not earn enough to comfortably rent a modest two-bedroom apartment at typical market rates.

Not a mansion.
Not a luxury penthouse.
Not a beachfront property.

A regular TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENT.

And we're talking about someone who is working FULL-TIME.

The traditional advice has always been simple:

Get a job. Work hard. Be responsible. Pay your bills. Save your money.

But what happens when someone follows that advice and their paycheck still isn't enough to cover basic housing?

Let's say someone earns the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.

Working 40 hours a week, that comes out to approximately $15,080 a year BEFORE taxes.

Using the common affordability guideline that housing should cost no more than 30% of gross income, that worker would have a monthly housing budget of approximately $377.

Where exactly are you renting a two-bedroom apartment for $377 a month in 2026?

Now, many states have higher minimum wages, and not every community has the same rental prices.

But the larger affordability problem remains.

People are working, yet housing costs are consuming enormous portions of their paychecks.

And once rent is paid, they still need groceries, transportation, utilities, insurance, and money for emergencies.

This is why simply telling people to work harder doesn't solve the entire problem.

We should absolutely encourage financial responsibility, education, and career advancement.

But we should also be willing to acknowledge when the math simply doesn't work.

What should the minimum hourly wage be in your state for someone to comfortably afford a two-bedroom apartment?

10/17/2026

You can see the locations of known outdoor surveillance cameras in the MapQuest app.

10/17/2026

10/16/2026

A University of Maryland student journalist targeted by Republican Rep. Andy Harris during an informal press briefing Tuesday said she’ll continue to cover the politician who threatened to have police remove her from the gathering.