..Sociology in My Neighborhood: DC Ward Six

The Pruitt-Igoe public housing project in St. Louis came to symbolize much more than its 33 eleven-story buildings (1) . Pruitt-Igoe took ...

This academic year, I am in New Jersey, where I have time to write (glorious!). On my DC research, I have finished two articles, which ar...

Those who view gentrification positively usually misidentify the actors who drive gentrification. They also often assume two sets of actors...

Ellen Wilson Dwellings building, August 1988. During the summer of 1988, a local homeowner commissioned a 30-foot mural, copying a mode...

I went to the first show, which was truly great. It is a very innovative format and had great Q&A too.  On My Mind/In My Heart: T...

Tomorrow evening at All Souls Church , Georgetown University history professor Maurice Jackson , GWU history lecturer Bell Clement , an...

A while back, I was talking with someone who has been running an illegal food co-op for decades. In his discussion about the co-op, he said...