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March 16, 2016
How to Manufacture a Real Estate Boom
The South Bronx’s housing stock was decimated in the ’70s, its residents left to fend for themselves. Now, real estate developers have the area in their sights.
Crystal Kayiza
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March 16, 2016
There Goes the Neighborhood: Brooklyn, We Go Hard
In Episode 2, meet the residents of East New York, who are determined to protect their community from the waves of gentrification crashing over the rest of Brooklyn.
Kai Wright and There Goes the Neighborhood
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March 15, 2016
How Housing Vouchers Can Fight Residential Segregation
Vouchers shouldn’t merely keep people off the streets; they should help families move to neighborhoods with more opportunities.
Eva Rosen
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March 9, 2016
There Goes the Neighborhood: How Brooklyn Got Gentrified
In the first episode of our new podcast series, we visit Bed-Stuy to learn how developers find properties to flip—and what happens to people who already live there.
Kai Wright and There Goes the Neighborhood
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March 2, 2016
There Goes the Neighborhood: What We Really Mean When We Say ‘Gentrification’
A new podcast series in partnership with WNYC.
Kai Wright and There Goes the Neighborhood
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February 26, 2016
Construction Is Dangerous Work
The construction industry accounts for only 4 percent of New York’s jobs but a full fifth of the state’s occupational deaths.
Michelle Chen
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October 20, 2015
How a Gentrification Scam Threatens New York’s Community Gardens
Shady developers know one easy way to build luxury condos: Claim ownership of communal land.
DW Gibson
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September 4, 2015
New Orleans: Reflections on the Week That Was
On the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, residents reflect on the changes of the last decade.
Roberta Brandes Gratz
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September 3, 2015
Stadiums Ruin Neighborhoods
But for the first time in 60 years, a sports megastructure will not dominate Atlanta’s skyline south of Downtown. Can activists help make the area livable again?
Daniel Judt
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August 27, 2015
Hey, LA: Here’s How You Say ‘No’ to the Olympics
Just last month, Boston became the first American city in almost 45 years to say ‘no’ to hosting the Olympics. LA, it’s your turn.
Jonathan Cohn and Robin Jacks