..Sociology in My Neighborhood: DC Ward Six

It was a great treat to watch a talk by UCLA History Professor Robin Kelley , in which he explains his term "racial capitalism." ...

In preparation for my urban class today, I was looking at Thomas Sugrue's The Origins of the Urban Crisis  and saw this quotation that ...

The wonderful archivists at GWU Special Collections have posted online Anita Rechler's fascinating MA thesis:  https://scholarspace.lib...

In this blog, I have noted how gentrification often acts like settler colonialism. Gentrification is often portrayed as motivated by "...

Yesterday, the Washington Post reported on the Takoma Junction development, which I discussed in a previous post . In the article , a city...

WPFW hosted a remarkable town hall , which brought together such interesting people and wonderful hosts. The concrete focus of the town hal...

I'll be talking about theories of gentrification as part of WPFW's Economic Development, Equity, and Social Justice Town Hall in ...