Black Lives Matter. Black Lives Vote.
As the activist protests following the Shockley decision in St. Louis continue, it is clear that the The Black Lives Matter movement (BLM) and its leadership are growing more sophisticated.
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It’s Domestic Social Policy, Stupid: In Honor of Michael Brown
I attended an event yesterday. The opening speaker began his remarks with this statement; “Michael Brown’s shadow is in this room.” It was a conference on fair housing and community development. After all of the panels and speakers–all excellent and informative–I left the event believing that we must do more than talk. This morning, I […]
MoreThe New Community Development Movement: Economics and Disparity
The term “community development” became ghettoized and synonymous with low-income housing development for those disenfranchised by the mainstream economy and civic infrastructure. The class-based exit from older communities resulted in re-segregation and isolation both urban and rural. Communities are complex systems but recent practice has effectively relegated them to the raw materials of opportunistic housing […]
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