Category: Housing Conditions

Will the World Cup Fuel Arrests of Homeless People in Atlanta?

As World Cup matches begin, advocates warn that Atlanta is on track to repeat the arrests, displacement, and criminalization of homeless residents that drew criticism during the city’s 1996 Olympics. Atlanta promises a welcoming...

The Editorial Board: Broadway-Fillmore residents will take the reins on neighborhood transformation

Development that renews neighborhoods from the ground up is about to take its first steps. There is reason to hope an innovative form of community building will soon be transforming part of Broadway-Fillmore. If...

Project that aims to transform Broadway-Fillmore gets $3M boost from Mother Cabrini

The Upper Broadway-Fillmore Neighborhood Transformation ProjectHenry-Louis Taylor, Jr.Press Conference — Announcing the $3 Million Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Grant11 June 2026 The purpose of the East Side Neighborhood Transformation Project is to improve health...

South Sudanese returnees at a humanitarian shelter camp near Juba, South Sudan. British-Congolese protesters march through London demanding an end to mining exploitation and military abuse in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Don’t Sleep! 13 Things Black Folks Must Know About What’s Happening in Our Communities and Around the World

We’re tracking the world news so you don’t have to. Here’s what matters for our community right now. As we move through the fifth month of the year, the national landscape for the Black diaspora is...

Reimagine Buffalo’s East Side for the People Living There

Build communities for the low- to moderate-income people already living in those neighborhoods. A recent call to build hundreds of new “affordable” housing units on Buffalo’s more than 7,000 publicly owned vacant lots is...

KeShaun Pearson, executive director of Memphis Community Against Pollution, speaks with Democracy Now! about xAI's illegal methane gas turbines polluting Black neighborhoods in Memphis, Tennessee.

“Colossus Failure”: Elon Musk’s Data Centers Face Lawsuit for Polluting Black Neighborhoods in Memphis

As tech companies scramble to build massive new data centers to power artificial intelligence, marginalized communities are bearing the brunt of the environmental harms. In Memphis, Tennessee, Elon Musk’s xAI operates over two dozen...

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