Trump’s war against Venezuela has triggered reflection on our country’s priorities. While Trump demands more missiles, residents in D.C. and Baltimore ask why there’s money for war but not dignified housing.
Devastating economic times and myriad tax incentives are driving the wealthy to Puerto Rico, but they’re also forcing Puerto Ricans off the island.
WASHINGTON --- Hundreds of thousands of residents of Puerto Rico are being forced from their homeland in search of better economic conditions on mainland America. The Caribbean island recently defaulted on a $58 million debt for the first time in its history, and the super rich are descending upon the island to buy up homes and businesses that have
“The lens that we operate under is that we view this as structural racism,” a community organizer tells MintPress. “While we have a mayor and a chancellor that are black, they’re kind of operating under this system that values white folks in a better light.”
WASHINGTON -- Earlier this month, the National Academy of Sciences released an assessment of the Washington, D.C., public school system from 2009 to 2013 -- the period shortly after then-Mayor Adrian Fenty took control of the system in 2007 under the Public Education
“I can’t tell the difference, even in some of the areas that were supposedly hardest hit by looting … because some of these areas that the protesters are in even before these so-called riots have already looked like they’ve been burned down,” one activist tells MintPress.
Children play at a party at the public housing complex where Freddie Gray was arrested as a six-day curfew was lifted, Sunday, May 3, 2015, in Baltimore. BALTIMORE --- The world watched last week as protesters stormed the streets of Baltimore to oppose police brutality and demand justice for Freddie Gray,
It’s no secret that the nation’s capital is also the country’s capital of gentrification. But when MintPress investigated, we found that the city’s poor residents aren’t just getting squeezed out by skyrocketing rents — they’re victims of forced evictions.
Phyllissa Bilal, resident and co-founder of the Barry Farm Study Circle, has lived in the neighborhood for about 3 years. WASHINGTON --- Hundreds of predominantly black families in Washington, D.C., are preparing to be forced from their homes to make way for massive redevelopment projects in the nation’s capital
Water shutoffs are affecting huge swathes of a city that can’t afford to pay, prompting nearly 80 people to steal water. Is urban renewal worth the costs?
Dewilda Hershey moved into her home in Detroit’s west side last year, and since then, she says she’s been contacting the city’s water company to get a bill. "The hold time is ridiculous. One time I was on hold for an hour and a half,"
Even though city code enforcers have the ability to fine landlords and other property owners for failing to address issues, tenants say no fines have been issued.
Wrecked by the economic collapse in 2007, the city of Oakland, Calif., saw more than 10,000 foreclosures by 2012. To pour salt on the wound, the collapse of the housing market in the city allowed many wealthy individuals and
