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Category Archives: Gentrification
Historic McMillan Park: To Whom Does it Belong, the Few or the Many?
LISTEN TO TONY NORMAN: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “You cannot separate the history of the District of Columbia from the history of the nation.” – Commissioner Tony Norman Several decades before the Freedom Riders and … Continue reading
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A Back-to-School Special: Mary Levy Discusses DCPS’s de Facto Segregation, Lack of Transparency, High Turnover and More
LISTEN TO MARY LEVY: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 The DCPS school year is under way and many students are adjusting to an unfamiliar environment. They’re not alone. A surprising number of both teachers and principals … Continue reading
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H Street NE: A Look from the Other Side of the (Streetcar) Tracks
Listen to Pamela Johnson and Bachir Diop HERE [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that if you block access to my retail business for a long time, four years, … Continue reading
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Can the Adams Morgan Hotel Be Built Without Trampling D.C. Zoning Laws?
Voices from April 30, 2011 Adams Morgan ANC community meeting in Kalorama Park [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Brian Friedman is a developer in his early thirties looking to make a name for himself. Friedman’s attempt to build … Continue reading
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Tenants Fight Displacement at JBG’s Mark Center Apartments
LISTEN TO VOICES FROM THE JBG PROTEST [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “We want JBG to stop this utility craze that they’re going on,” said Tahseen Hamid, a tenant in JBG’s apartments at Mark Center in … Continue reading
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A Chance to (11th Street) Bridge D.C.’s Economic Divide
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “They come here in our ward so [they should] hire us,” said Gardenia Walker, a native Washingtonian and single mother who lives east of the Anacostia River where unemployment is very … Continue reading
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Activists Call on Mayor and Council to Provide Housing For All
LISTEN TO VOICES FROM THE HOUSING FOR ALL RALLY [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “The programs that serve the neediest in the District of Columbia are under assault. There is no question about that,” said Ward … Continue reading
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Where’s Walmart?
LISTEN TO VOICES FROM THE LIVING WAGES, HEALTHY COMMUNITIES RALLY: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “The wages are pathetic. You cannot raise a family on what Walmart pays,” said Ernestine Bassett, a D.C. resident who has … Continue reading
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Homeland (In)Security: Ward 8 Residents Question Benefit of DHS’s $3.4 Billion Headquarters
LISTEN TO VOICES FROM DC JOBS OR ELSE [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 If you don’t have economic democracy, you can’t have political democracy. – Donald Temple, civil rights attorney Unemployment in D.C.’s Ward 8 is … Continue reading
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Busboys and Poets Owner Andy Shallal Says Four Walmarts In D.C. Would Be Devastating
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “To bring one Walmart [to D.C.] would be a big assault. To bring four Walmarts would be devastating,” said Andy Shallal, owner of the Busboys and Poets restaurants and chairman of … Continue reading
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