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Brent Cebul
Tearing Down Black America
29 Jul 2020
More than half the 1.2 million Americans displaced by “urban renewal” were Black.
Broke-ass Stuart
The Expanded Moms4Housing Bill Could Change the Whole Game
26 Feb 2020
Although the moms were evicted, their example inspired ground-breaking housing legislation for Oakland, California.
William Scarborough, Iván Arenas, and Amanda E. Lewis
Between the Great Migration and Growing Exodus: The Future of Black Chicago?
04 Feb 2020
Recent population trends indicate that the city may be at risk of losing its status as a Black mecca.
Yasmina Mrabet
Victory for DC Tenants in Catholic Church-Owned Buildings
24 Jul 2019
Tenants fight back and win in the city with the nation’s highest rate of gentrification, by far.
Martino Mazzonis
What Bronx’s “Decade of Fire” Teaches Us About Housing Racism in America Today
10 Jul 2019
Between 1968 and the end of the ‘70s, the Bronx was the scene of thousands of fires.
Eve Ottenberg
Gentrification, School Closings, and Displacement in Chicago
27 Mar 2019
School closings are central to gentrification and Black dispersal from prime urban real estate.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor , #LandWithoutLandlords in Black Oakland: An Interview with Noni Session
#LandWithoutLandlords in Black Oakland: An Interview with Noni Sessions
05 Dec 2018
A dynamic new community project has been launched to halt the push-out of Black and brown people from Oakland by taking land and housing out of the speculative market.
Nina Wallace
This Isn’t the First Time White Supremacists Have Tried to Cancel Birthright Citizenship
07 Nov 2018
Trump’s assault on birthright citizenship is yet another attempt to make the US a “White Man’s Country, and threatens all people of color.