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News related to housing, cities, gentrification and urban development.

tiny from POOR Magazine on Radical Redistribution
A group of people pose for a picture in front of a mural. The mural says "Homefulness" and shows different scenes of people and folks protesting with signs that read "We are not trash stop sweeping us" and "landback so houseless indigenous people can build homes."

tiny from POOR Magazine on Radical Redistribution
Andrew Lee
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A poor and Indigenous people-led movement is changing how poor people are discussed and empowering their own solutions by centering themselves.

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Neighborhoods
1232 810 Andrew Lee
Moving Past Acknowledgment to Rematriation
View of the Grand Teton Mountain Range in Jackson, Wyoming, during sunset.

Moving Past Acknowledgment to Rematriation
Nicole Cardoza
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Initiatives like land rematriation aren’t just reparations but a clear way to dismantle white supremacy and center Indigenous communities.

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History Neighborhoods Politics
2400 1567 Nicole Cardoza
The Shameful History of Sundown Towns
A drone shot looking down main street of a small town in the midwest during sunset.

The Shameful History of Sundown Towns
Renée Cherez
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Beyond the legal segregation of the Jim Crow South, the U.S. is full of municipalities that were dangerous for Black travelers.

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History Neighborhoods
1201 676 Renée Cherez
The MOVE Bombing and the Repatriation of Human Remains
A skeleton encased in a clear display with lights inside a dark room.

The MOVE Bombing and the Repatriation of Human Remains
Nicole Cardoza
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Like the MOVE bombing victims, museums hold the remains of marginalized communities, often without community support or consent.

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History Neighborhoods
2400 1605 Nicole Cardoza
The Criminalization of Sharing in Public
People in masks serve food outside on a corner at night. A sign behind them reads "Food not Bombs."

The Criminalization of Sharing in Public
Andrew Lee
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Thanks to anti-homeless legislation, U.S. cities are penalizing those who give food to unhoused people.

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Neighborhoods
1002 784 Andrew Lee
Fighting “Penn-ification” with the People’s Townhomes
Five people from the People's Townhomes stand in a row with their backs turned and right fists in the air. The back of their shirts read "stop displacing Black communities." Red posters on the concrete pillar in front of them say "eviction = murder," "housing is our human right," and "stop the sale" in white ink.

Fighting “Penn-ification” with the People’s Townhomes
Andrew Lee
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West Philly residents from the People’s Townhomes are fighting to maintain accessible housing for families and seniors. 

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Neighborhoods
1502 858 Andrew Lee
What MLK Boulevards Teach Us About Collective Forgetting
A green street sign of MLK boulevard on the corner of a street.

What MLK Boulevards Teach Us About Collective Forgetting
Andrew Lee
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The memorialization of social justices leaders and victims, as in the case of MLK boulevards, is meaningless without systemic change.

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Media & Culture Neighborhoods
1798 1126 Andrew Lee
A Water Emergency Downstream from a National Crisis
Nine rows of plastic water bottles that only show the tops are lined up in a checkerboard pattern.

A Water Emergency Downstream from a National Crisis
Andrew Lee
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Nationwide, numerous U.S. cities are dealing with some form of water contamination, lack of drinkable water, and outdated infrastructure, similar to the water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi.

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Environment Health Neighborhoods
2400 1600 Andrew Lee
The Cruelty of Hostile Architecture
A closeup of a wooden bench with armrests.

The Cruelty of Hostile Architecture
Andrew Lee
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Hostile architecture is an inhumane corporate and governmental response to the unhoused crisis that started in the 1980s. 

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Media & Culture Neighborhoods
1200 800 Andrew Lee
The Violence Inherent to Unhoused Encampment Sweeps
A small group of demonstrators protest on a street corner. Most are holding signs and a banner reads. "Act Up, Fight Back" with a pink, big triangle in the center. Another person is talking with a microphone.

The Violence Inherent to Unhoused Encampment Sweeps
Andrew Lee
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Cities throughout the country are tackling homelessness by issuing encampment sweeps, further displacing unhoused people.

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Neighborhoods
1416 1062 Andrew Lee
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