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Chinese Investors Own About 192,000 Acres in U.S.

Chinese investors owned about 192,000 acres of U.S. agricultural land valued at about $1.9 billion, according to Politico. While Chinese land ownership in the U.S. is less than that of other foreign nations, the growth in Chinese land ownership is part of an overall trend in China rapidly buying up other country’s farmland over more Read More…

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China buys African Colony for $40Million

China’s President Xi Jinping and Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe in Beijing, 2014. CHINA IS USING ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT TO DESTORY THE PEOPLE OVER GREED THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED THREE YEARS AGO: Chinese firm uses Zimbabwe government money to fuel back market China buys its first African colony for a meagre $40million Zimbabwe is entering its 2nd Read More…

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The Royal Community One of the oldest Black Communities in the State

Royal, a neighborhood just west of Wildwood in Sumter County — Royal, one of the oldest Black communities in the state, houses over 150 years of history. The grove of trees where Phillip James was born is just a few yards from where he sits now: the front lawn of the Wildwood house he’s called Read More…

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Rent Increases

Krystal Guerra’s Miami apartment has a tiny kitchen, cracked tiles, warped cabinets, no dishwasher and hardly any storage space. But Guerra was fine with the apartment’s shortcomings. It was all part of being a 32-year-old graduate student in South Florida, she reasoned, and she was happy to live there for a few more years as Read More…

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Property Assessed Clean Energy Program (PACE)

Florida’s new Property Assessed Clean Energy Program (PACE), which provides renewable energy funding to homeowners for installation of solar panels and battery storage. This new program is helping homeowners save hundreds every month on energy without paying any costs for installation. All homeowners may apply for the PACE program. Installation also includes warranty, support, maintenance, Read More…

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Linnentown, GA, Invisible Gentrification

Linnentown, Georgia destroyed a Black neighborhood. Now former residents want justice. Many who lived in Linnentown are urging leaders in Athens to pay for destroying their community more than 50 years ago to make way for the University of Georgia. Hattie Thomas Whitehead has fond memories of her childhood in Linnentown, a 22-acre neighborhood in Read More…