Gentrification has become a familiar story in cities across the United States. The story line typically goes this way: Middle- and upper-income people start moving into a lower-income or poor neighborhood. Housing prices rise in response, and longtime residents and businesses are driven out.As the U.S. population becomes increasingly urban, gentrification can seem inevitable. However, scholars have found that Read More…
68-year-old retiree pays $460 a month to live by a lake in Mexico: ‘I found the peace and tranquility I was looking for’ My mornings in the small village of San Antonio Tlayacapan, Mexico, are filled with birds. There’s the soft cooing of doves, the chirping of kiskadees, and the iconic shrieking of roosters, which Read More…
Neighborhoods Don’t Have to Be Rich to Be Healthy and VibrantA Rhode Island Community Speaks to America’s Failure to Divorce Revitalization from Gentrification By Joseph Margulies When it comes to neighborhood well-being, is failure the inevitable cost of success? In its salad days, Olneyville was home to a thriving textile industry in Providence, Rhode Island. Read More…
‘Crying for their parents’: More than 900 children died at Indian boarding schools, U.S. report finds Afederal investigation has confirmed that more than 900 American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian children perished in U.S. government boarding schools from 1819 to 1969, acknowledging that the actual toll is undoubtedly higher and recommending an official apology. “Based on Read More…
People of color are more likely to be vegan. But the animal rights movement still has a white face. by Noella Williams Mark Harris for Vox; Photos by Alexandra Genova for Vox, Getty Images Noella Williams is a Brooklyn-based freelance culture writer whose writing has appeared in Marie Claire, Teen Vogue, the Washington Post, and elsewhere. Read More…
Opinion: Reducing racial disparities in foster care might endanger Black children A case work supervisor for the Office of Children, Youth and Families in Allegheny County, Pa. (Keith Srakocic By Naomi Riley To what lengths should we go to reduce racial disparities in the child welfare system? In 2021 the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Read More…
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