D.C. gentrification
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EDITORIAL: Change is Inevitable, But Will All Washingtonians Truly Benefit?
Change is something that cannot be avoided and it can be promising and positive. But here in the District, there's…
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D.C. Tackles Gentrification at Emergency Summit
In response to the mass expulsion of Black people from revitalized U.S. urban centers, a bevy of grassroots organizers, elected…
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MUHAMMAD: Howard University Campus is No Dog Park
Clearly these interlopers have no decency, no respect for whatever preceded them to the neighborhood.
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EDITORIAL: Howard’s Campus Deserves Respect — Not Dog Excrement
Gentrification continues to disrupt and unravel the lives and traditions of areas once dominated and celebrated by African Americans. But…
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‘Howard University is Not a Dog Park or Jogging Trail’: Students, Twitter Users Call Out Disrespectful Gentrifiers
The Yard, a historic cultural hub at Howard University in Washington, D.C., is being disrespected by neighborhood gentrifiers who are…
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EDITORIAL: ‘Cultural Displacement’ Means D.C.’s Poorer Blacks are Packing Up with Nowhere to Go
The cost of housing gobbles up an average of 30 percent of a family's monthly gross income — even more…
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THE RELIGION CORNER: A Personal Take on D.C. Gentrification, Pt. 4
This week, let's talk about Marion Barry, D.C.'s "Mayor for Life," and how his four terms as mayor affected gentrification…
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THE RELIGION CORNER: A Personal Take on D.C. Gentrification, Pt. 3
Notorious drug kingpins rose to power, causing "white flight" and thousands of successful Blacks to leave the city — me…
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THE RELIGION CORNER: A Personal Take on D.C. Gentrification, Pt. 2
Let us take a look back at the District of Columbia over the past century to see how gentrification was…
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THE RELIGION CORNER: A Personal Take on D.C. Gentrification, Pt. 1
Once known as Chocolate City, D.C. became home for me and my family in 1965.
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