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Category Archives: Gentrification
Is a Movement Afoot in Montgomery?
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] “The scale [of the plan] has the giant hand of the developer on it.” – Kensington Town Council member Lydia Sullivan “Post-vote fabrication,” “hogwash,” “distasteful,” “disservice to the entire community,” “not correct,” “misrepresenting … Continue reading
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Freddie Mac, “Can You Hear Me Now?”
Listen to Bertina Jones, Rooj Alwazir and Rev. Graylan Hagler: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] “Can you hear me now?” Bertina Jones asked Monday at a demonstration outside the downtown office of Freddie Mac. Despite its pending seizure … Continue reading
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Clark, Qatar and the Cloth: CityCenter Receives Subsidies, But Where Are the Jobs?
Listen to Pastors Walker and Gilbert, as well as protesters, here: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] “We live in this city. Many of us are born in this city. It’s only fair that we have an opportunity to … Continue reading
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TheFightBack, Feb. 25: Jobs, Not Jails
Listen to TheFightBack‘s Feb. 25 show: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] This week on TheFightBack, we hear from activists on two separate but related issues: the lack of jobs for District residents and the abundance of jails. On the … Continue reading
Posted in District of Columbia, Gentrification, Labor/Jobs, Prison
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Criminal (In)Justice in D.C.
Listen to Victoria Clark: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] “The whole criminal justice system… needs to be dismantled,” Victoria Clark said outside DC Jail at a Presidents Day rally organized by Occupy DC’s Criminal (In)Justice Committee. “We need … Continue reading
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A Report Card on D.C.’s Status as a Human Rights City
Listen to the report card contributors: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] In 2008, the D.C. Council declared the District of Columbia the first Human Rights City in the U.S. On a chilly morning last week on the steps of … Continue reading
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Should DC Subsidize a Racist Team?
Listen to Dave Zirin: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download MP3 “Everyone loves the Redskins,” D.C. Councilmember Jack Evans said of the local football team with the racist name. At a meeting of the Dupont Circle Citizens Association … Continue reading
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Was Trayon White Arrested for Standing Up for his Constituents?
LISTEN TO TRAYON WHITE: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] “How am I unauthorized [to be here]?” Ward 8 School Board member Trayon White asked while standing at the Woodland Terrace Public Housing Project, which resides in the ward … Continue reading
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The Diverse City Fund
LISTEN TO VOICES FROM THE DC FUND CELEBRATION: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download MP3 Last week, the newly-created Diverse City Fund awarded $45,000 in grants, ranging from $1,000 to $2,500, to twenty-three grassroots organizations working in D.C.’s … Continue reading
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Protesters Shut Down DHS Headquarters Construction Site for Second Time
LISTEN TO RON HARRIS: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “If we don’t do something about it, it’s going to be like Bolling Joint Air Force Base. They have 13,000 jobs over there [and] only three percent … Continue reading
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