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Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio May 5, 2023
05 May 2023
Protest in France, gentrification in Philadelphia, and school safety and achievement.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
The Struggle Against the Proposed Arena in Philadelphia's Chinatown
05 May 2023
Asantewaa Nkrumah Ture is an organizer with the Philadelphia Tenants Union. She joins us to talk about the plans to build a new NBA arena in that city’s Chinatown, which that community and its allies…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio November 11, 2022
11 Nov 2022
In this segment we will learn about the scarcity of affordable housing in New York City and why this public need is not being met. We will also hear about how voting rights for formerly convicted…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Real Estate Development and the Scarcity of Affordable Housing in New York City
11 Nov 2022
Leah Goodridge is an attorney, housing advocate, and member of the New York City Planning Commission. She is a former member of the Rent Guidelines Board which sets the rents for regulated apartments…
Jon Jeter
Chocolate City: Ground Zero for the White Settler's Reclamation Project
12 Oct 2022
Washington DC was once known as Chocolate City. After years of gentrification Black residents are now a minority of the population.
Ernest Owens
The City Has Failed University City Townhome Residents. They Should Pay For It — Literally
17 Aug 2022
The traumatizing clearing of the University City Townhome encampment in West Philadelphia symbolizes the ongoing racial injustice of gentrification. One solution: The city should buy the property.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
East New York Community Land Trust Reports on NYPD Use of Vacant Land
27 May 2022
Boris Santos is Treasurer of the East New York Community Land Trust Board of Directors, and Debra Ayck is the Board’s Secretary. The Land Trust held a press conference on May 21st at which they…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Obama Presidential Center Will Displace Black People
13 Oct 2021
The Obama Presidential Center will inevitably displace a working class Black community in Chicago.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Gentrification and the End of Black Communities
25 Aug 2021
Census data show that gentrification is accelerating Black displacement.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
The Greed of San Francisco’s Hyper-Gentrifying Classes
13 Apr 2021
The collusion of high-paid tech workers and real estate interests has created a political force that advocates privatization, deregulation and gentrification as a public good, said Jemma DeCristo,