Who Is Burning Down Oakland?
Co-published with GEN. After a fire destroyed the only place I could afford to live, I knew it was time to leave for good.
How Fatherhood Alters Your View of the World
Co-published with The New York Times. Following the birth of his daughter, Rian Dundon documented the messiness and gravity surrounding his new role in life.
Los Angeles Artists Reinvent Their Roles in Gentrifying Communities
Co-published with The American Prospect. Poor and working-class neighborhoods often view new art galleries as heralds of gentrification—but some artists have joined with residents to fight …
Does This Avocado Toast Come With A Side of Gentrification?
Co-published with WNYC Studios. Businesses like Avocaderia are creating jobs in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. But at what cost?
Newark Tenants Try to Tighten Rent Control as Downtown Booms
Co-published with WNYC Studios. Housing advocates are trying to take multi-pronged approach to manage what they see as the slow encroachment of gentrification.
Sunset Park: So Hot Right Now
Co-published with WNYC Studios. It's a neighborhood that's developing fast — and how affordable it will be for residents and businesses is at stake. Here are four …
The Gangs of L.A.
Co-published with The New York Times. Whatever happened to the "gangbanger"?
Detroit’s Foreclosure Crisis and the Need for ‘Information Justice’
Co-published with CityLab. An open data project sought to battle tax foreclosures by arming residents with information. It may have empowered property speculators more than anyone.
How Gentrification Puts Creative Urbanites in a Bind
Co-published with AlterNet. For the creative class, living in the cities that advance their aspirations means accepting a Faustian bargain.
There Went the Neighborhood
There Goes the Neighborhood - Episode 9. Co-published with WNYC Studios and The Nation. The team behind There Goes the Neighborhood …
It’s Complicated
There Goes the Neighborhood - Episode 7. Co-published with WNYC Studios and The Nation. Some Brooklynites are wrestling …
Trickery, Fraud and Deception
There Goes the Neighborhood - Episode 6. Co-published with WNYC Studios and The Nation. In the fast moving …