If you haven’t been paying attention to the news, racism didn’t end in the 1960s with Reverend King. And I’m not talking about your mom and pop racism of yelling at the TV screen, I’m talking about systemic racism, institutional racism that continues to perpetuate all aspects of American public policy. While the story ofContinue reading “Reclaim Rent Control for the People: Civil Rights in the 21st Century”
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So you wanna protect Black and Brown communities…now what?
In a world with ever increasing inequality, people are starting to rise up and demand justice and equality. Everyone has a part to play, and I want to highlight some ways people can and are helping liberate poor people, particularly poor Black and Brown people, from oppression. Philip Íjgyártó, a communist organizer in Northern VirginiaContinue reading “So you wanna protect Black and Brown communities…now what?”
DC Black and Brown Cultural Resistance: #YaddiyaForMayor
As poor Black and Brown neighborhoods become gentrified, Black and Brown residents are being priced out of the market, and out of their own communities. Black DC tenants have had enough, with @park7tenants, a collection of Ward 7 tenants, excoriating the mayor in a tweet for pandering to gentrifying White folk while displacing Black residents.Continue reading “DC Black and Brown Cultural Resistance: #YaddiyaForMayor”
Housing for All 