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Friday, August 31, 2012

The Consequences of Displacement

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Between 1950 and 1960, 23,500 residents were moved out of SW DC to make way for new middle- and upper-income, as well as some public, hou...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012

What is poverty?

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This past weekend, I attended the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in Denver. It was absolutely fascinating. Schol...
Friday, August 10, 2012

Cooperatives in Ward 6

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DC and Ward 6 have been unusually fertile places for cooperatives of all sorts. At the Coop DC website , you can see a list of the current,...
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Thursday, August 9, 2012

Capitol Hill Vigilantes

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In 1963, the Capitol Hill Restoration Society (CHRS) published this brochure (the cover is shown to the right), calling on Hill residents...
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Sunday, August 5, 2012

The Rise of Ward 6 Residential Segregation by Income

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On Wednesday, the Post reported on a Pew Research Center report on rising residential segregation by income in the United States. Basicall...
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Johanna Bockman
I am a sociologist, work at George Mason University (in the Global Affairs Program), and live in Ward 6.
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