Right to Root

Right to Root

Right to Root: A Community-Centered System for Equitable Development in N/NE Portland Cat Goughnour Introduction: Radix Consulting Group’s Right 2 Root™ is a community-led, community-funded approach designed for community members affected by displacement and...
Houston, We Have an Inequality Problem

Houston, We Have an Inequality Problem

Houston, Texas has been segregating at a rapid pace. Unfortunately, the twin ills of rising inequality and increased gentrification have become too familiar in urban America.

Want to Stop Gentrification? Start a Union.

Want to Stop Gentrification? Start a Union.

Like labor unions, neighborhood unions could help residents bargain collectively for affordable housing, housing security, protections for local businesses, and community reconciliation.

“Affordable?” For Whom?

“Affordable?” For Whom?

As rent prices soar in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood, JPNet’s State of Our Neighborhood forum helps to give community residents and merchants a voice.

DCIFF: The Other Barrio

DCIFF: The Other Barrio

IPS partners with DCIFF on a film based on a short story of the same name by San Francisco poet laureate Alejandro Murguía, followed by a discussion of it’s relationship to DC gentrification.