Your Winter Break Social Justice Netflix Binge
For me school breaks typically start with a long list of academic books I want to read “just for fun,” some kind of monthly gym subscription, and promises to reconnect […]
Unity 3D Adds New Dimension to Planning Streets
For those of us excited about the potential for Streetmix, there is a new app on the horizon to explore. Using the Unity 3D video game engine, Spencer Boomhower from Portland […]
This American Life Goes Inside the Fair Housing Act
This weekend’s episode of the award-winning public radio show This American Life takes on the recent history of housing discrimination and policy in the U.S., tracing some of the broader implications and […]
Creative Solutions to Regional Infrastructure Deficits
Across the globe municipalities and regions are struggling to finance and develop their infrastructure needs, calling for creative problem-solving on the behalf of governments seeking to address this crisis. Officials from along the Left Coast are hoping the West Coast Infrastructure Exchange will be at the center of that innovation by facilitating the development of critical regional projects in areas such as transportation and sanitation.
Radical Alternatives: Provocations Around Art, Place and Publics from the Creative Time Summit
This weekend, artists, activists, planners, and at least two mayors converged to confront the problematic intersections of arts and gentrification at an annual summit produced by the New York non-profit Creative Time. Those in attendance supported strategies of intersectoral collaboration, resistance, disruption, and above all, grassroots advocacy.
Joel Kotkin writes about Cashing in on SoCal Culture
“Southern California has always been an invented place. Without a major river, a natural port or even remotely adequate water, the region has always thrived on reinventing itself – from […]
New from Curbed: “USC Is Pretty Much a Locked-Down Panopticon At This Point”
CurbedLA has just put up a pretty interesting piece on USC’s new security measures. The post brings up some interesting points, including the idea that in adding security USC is […]
An Interactive Infographic: Food Deserts in America
Interested in issues of food justice? Make sure to check out this interactive infographic from Good Magazine, which lets users examine food deserts across the country, overlaying population density, transportation […]
Bill Hayes on being a “Subway Lifer:” A Beautiful Essay in the Virginia Quarterly Review
Bill Hayes’ essay, which was just posted to the Virginia Quarterly Review‘s website, is a lovely meditation his experiences taking the subway in New York City. I cannot take a […]
Wal-Mart Threatens Chinatown’s Livelihood – Retail Giants Hurt the Local Economy and Disregard Local Culture
After multiple citizen protests and an attempted lawsuit against the retailer, Wal-Mart opened on Saturday, September 14th in Los Angeles’ Chinatown. The Neighborhood Market, on Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard and Grand Avenue, not only opposes the people’s’ interest but also threatens Chinatown’s economy.
Rebuilding Troy 