Category: Urban Development

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...

For whom shall we grieve and shed a tear

For whom shall we grieve and shed a tear?

The assassination of Charlie Kirk needs to be situated within the broader political dynamics of contemporary U.S. society. Kirk was not a lone wolf.. He was a prominent leader within a radical, loosely organized...

Critics slam Mexico’s gentrification protests as xenophobic. Activists say they’re fighting for their human rights

Critics slam Mexico’s gentrification protests as xenophobic. Activists say they’re fighting for their human rights

The words “Get out of Mexico” are still visible on one shop window as protestors violently kicked in the glass pane. In another clip, “Kill a gringo” is spray-painted on a wall in Mexico...

Tulsa plans $105m in reparations for America's 'hidden' massacre

Tulsa plans $105m in reparations for America’s ‘hidden’ massacre

.The city of Tulsa, Oklahoma is preparing to award its black community a $105m (£73.8m) reparations package to address the harms caused by the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the largest and...

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