gentrification
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Did You Know?: Climate Gentrification Fuels Displacement, Poverty
Climate gentrification is a process in which wealthier people fleeing from climate-risky areas spur higher housing prices and more aggressive…
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For People of Color, Gentrification is More a Curse than a Blessing
From a dowdy provincial city in the 1980s, Philadelphia has become a world-class urban center through gentrification – primarily through…
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Displaced Residents Reflect on Growing Impact of Nats Mania
For the first time since Nationals Park opened along the rapidly-developing South Capitol Street corridor, the Washington Nationals have secured…
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Lincoln Temple Church: New Mission at Old Site
The shuttered Lincoln Temple United Church of Christ building has been given a new life as the Shaw Community Center,…
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#DontMuteDC Looks Ahead After Successes
More than a month after successfully countering a censure of the go-go sound on 7th Street and Florida Avenue in…
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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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#DontMuteDC Movement Coalesces Around Famous MetroPCS Store
For nearly a quarter-century, the MetroPCS store on the corner of Florida Avenue and 7th Street in Northwest kept residents…
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