What does hip-hop legend J-Live have in common with the billionaire ultra-conservative Koch brother? Not much. Expect perhaps that they both work hard and are…
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At the same time that protests have erupted all over France regarding national cutbacks of the country’s historic social safety net, there is a local…
David Simon, creator and executive producer (with former Baltimore detective Ed Burns) of The Wire, wrote of two competing myths in America in an introduction…
I spent a good portion of my childhood and college years in Paris and during that time, I spent many a day with my friends…
I believe as I’ve mentioned previously, I’m not that into public spaces, though I have nothing against them personally. But there is one such public…
Since BP’s Deepwater Horizon explosion this spring, over 5 million barrels of oil have spilled into the Gulf of Mexico. Animals, humans, states and entire…
This week I read in the paper that the Los Angeles City Council was awarding $18 million to finish a project that has been a…
Community space! As I stumbled back home late one Friday night after many hours of travel to get from a tiny town in Southern France…
Everyone agrees that Chicago Public Schools have to change. Yet there are fierce disagreements over what kinds of changes must be made, who should lead…
No doubt I’m the last cat who should be writing about public space. I mean here at home in Los Angeles I rarely think about…
More than any other city I’ve been to, Berlin is the closest thing in my mind to what a city “built for the people” looks…
While the economic crisis has hit all of us, and hit us hard, Greece is a country riding the edges of bankruptcy, even after the…
A few weeks ago, Aiyana Stanley Jones was killed by the Detroit police, who raided her home while she was sleeping. The incident passed the…
This is our city! People are resisting the assault on our city. Detroiters are standing up against the schemes of Mayor Bing, Emergency Financial Manager…
What follows are popular education scripts, curricula, poster, brochure, and a culminating report to help engage workers, youth, and families in creating a more green and...
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Albert Lowe wrote such a useful comment on Andrea’s DIT article on How to Research a Slumlord, that I turned it into a post here. …
This year’s Community Scholars class is broken into five project teams, each working on some aspect of the theme of a green economy. Last quarter…
This weekend was more infused with art and music than any other this year, and I’m hoping that this is the sign of a wonderful…