Africatown, two Black communities with the same name, located across the country from each other, face a similar challenge—involuntary out-migration.
MoreArk Republic followed up with Chef Wanda Blake on food culture in San Francisco. Through the waves of gentrification since the late
MoreFor Ark Republic’s gentrification series, urban planner and professor, Nmadili Okwumabua, tells of her time spent at town halls in the early
MoreIn 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated most Black neighborhoods in New Orleans, resulting in displacement for hundreds of thousands of people. Many did
MoreThis year, Housing Is A Human Right released a sweeping investigative report about government-sanctioned gentrification in Los Angeles. Mayor Eric Garcetti stands
MoreWith the changing commercial district in Newark, New Jersey, a shift in commercial real estate and leasing made it harder for small
MoreMatthew Gamble’s comic strip, The World is a Gamble presents a satirical, but true experience of Blacks participating in a reverse migration
MoreA poem and performance giving raw truths of how the real gangster in Chicago is gentrification.
MoreSan Francisco carries a rich, African American culinary history. Documented by San Franciscan, Chef Wanda Blake, she also talks about how gentrification
MoreThe hair industry is the thermometer of a nation’s economy. As barbershops in Downtown Newark, New Jersey navigate gentrification, they also show
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