On Sapelo Island, Another Case Study in How Black Exploitation Fuels Wealth

by Imara Jones on October 1 2012, 9:37AM

From Georgia to Brooklyn to sub-Sahran Africa, inequity and exploitive land deals are making a handful of people rich—again. But on Sapelo Island, we can stop it.

Topics: Economy, History, Sapelo Island

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A&E Orders Reality Series on Gentrification in South Boston

by Jorge Rivas on May 9 2012, 2:09PM

Apparently it’s news and reality-tv worthy when white folks get pushed out of the neighborhood but not when Latinos or black communities get the boot.

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

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How is Black Migration Changing the Country? [Reader Forum]

by Channing Kennedy on October 17 2011, 10:45AM

Black families are moving to the South and the suburbs. How will this effect, well, everything? Our readers chime in.

Topics: Politics

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‘My Brooklyn’ Examines Public Policy’s Role in Gentrification

by Jorge Rivas on August 17 2011, 2:47PM

A new documentary takes an important look at a force that’s transforming the country’s cities.

Topics: Economy

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NYPD Filmed in Bloody Arrest of Elderly Chinese Musician

by Channing Kennedy on May 11 2011, 11:34AM

Residents say this is part of a larger trend of gentrification and police negligence in Chinese neighborhoods.

Topics: Criminal Justice

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Chicago Demolition Sheds Light on Public Housing Debate

by Jamilah King on December 7 2010, 2:19PM

Just how useful is urban redevelopment to low-income residents?

Topics: Environment

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Did Integration Hurt Black Neighborhoods?

by Jamilah King on October 5 2010, 2:00PM

Reporter Eugene Robinson’s got a more nuanced explanation.

Topics: Economy

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How White is Your City?

by Hatty Lee, Jamilah King on September 21 2010, 2:16PM

A new set of maps shows that racial segregation in America’s cities is alive and well.

Topics: Technology

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Gentrification: An (Austin) East Side Story

by Jamilah King on February 11 2010, 12:21PM

For outsiders, there are probably two popular characterizations of Austin, TX: the eccentric, liberal college town in the heart of a red state, or more recently, the home of SXSW, the wildly popular music conference held each year in…

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East Harlem Residents Claim Victory Over Real-Estate Giant

by Leticia Miranda on October 27 2009, 9:10AM

East Harlem residents with Movement for Justice in El Barrio, a part of la Otra Campaña, have managed to fight off Dawnay Day, a London-based real-estate corporation that tried to take over 47 apartment buildings from low-income and immigrant…

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Whose Barrio? Q&A with Directors Ed Morales and Laura Rivera

by Guest Columnist on August 12 2009, 11:59AM

By Tiffany Chow Whose Barrio? is a documentary that was screened last week at the New York International Latino Film Festival. The film is a great primer for those who want to learn about the basics of gentrification. The…

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Dusting off the Mat for the Gentry

by Guest Columnist on December 4 2007, 10:54AM

by Thanu Yakupitiyage Last week, I was sipping coffee and reading at a relatively new and very trendy joint in my neighborhood in Brooklyn, when in a matter of seconds, two individuals entered the lounge with a gun, and stole…

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FUREE Wins, Saves Historic Brooklyn Home

by Jonathan Adams on December 3 2007, 11:18AM

Families United for Racial and Economic Equality (FUREE) announced at a press conference in Brooklyn yesterday that the city will not use eminent domain to destroy 227 Duffield Street, a house widely believed to have been part of the…

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