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The Coyotes of Crenshaw

Erin Aubry Kaplan / Truthdig Jul 31, 2024 A rise in predatory visitors unsettles a community already struggling with gentrification. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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Gentrified L.A.’s Road to Nowhere

Erin Aubry Kaplan / Truthdig Jun 19, 2024 Destination Crenshaw needs to be more than a pretty picture. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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Gentrification’s Theater of Dreams

Erin Aubry Kaplan / Truthdig Sep 7, 2023 Can historically Black L.A. neighborhoods have development without displacement? Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

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The Existential Erosion of Black Los Angeles

Erin Aubry Kaplan / Truthdig Aug 14, 2023 Out-migration, gentrification and expensive housing has had significant effect in the last American city of dreams. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Activism

Philadelphia’s Chinatown Battles Gentrification

Rikki Li / Prism Reports Jan 6, 2023 After facing decades of predatory development, youth and elders in Philadelphia's Chinatown have rallied together against the latest threat. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Environment

A Tree Grows in El Sereno

Caroline Tracey / High Country News Dec 22, 2022 How activists are protecting black walnut trees to fight gentrification in Los Angeles. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Arts & Culture

Where Gentrification Meets Joyful Resistance

Paul Von Blum / Truthdig Dec 13, 2022 Lori Powers and the public art tradition in Los Angeles. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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Where Gentrification Meets Joyful Resistance (Photo Essay)

Paul Von Blum / Truthdig Dec 13, 2022 Lori Powers and the public art tradition in Los Angeles. Dig deeper

Gentrification

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Presidential Candidates Refuse to Discuss the Country’s Worst Crisis

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Oct 18, 2019 America’s homelessness problem is in plain view around the nation but conspicuously absent on the campaign trail. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

A Tool for Dismantling Capitalism Is Hiding in Plain Sight

By Tannara Yelland / Los Angeles Review of Books Oct 18, 2019 Geographer Samuel Stein’s captivating new book is an effort to shift the housing discussion away from urbanism and toward socialism. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Searching for San Francisco’s Lost Heart

Jordan Riefe / Truthdig Jun 6, 2019 Sundance Film Festival award-winner "The Last Black Man in San Francisco" zooms in on a once-vibrant culture dimmed by gentrification. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )