“Barry Farm: Community, Land and Justice in Washington, DC,” premiering free this weekend, comes at a critical point for the Ward 8 neighborhood.
Feb 28, 2022
D.C. May Provide Additional Grants To Fund Controversial Mount Pleasant Balcony Restoration
A battle over historic preservation and displacement in Mount Pleasant could be resolved with an infusion of city money.
The latest effort to remove names and symbols with racist legacies targets a small park connected to Rock Creek.
Mar 18, 2021
Voices of Wards 7 And 8: What Does Gentrification Mean For Neighborhoods East Of The River?
“Chocolate City will never be the same.”
In Morowa Yejidé’s “Creatures of Passage,” ghosts haunt characters living east of the Anacostia River.
The Instagram Live series welcomes Black guests to discuss their experience of being raised or currently residing in D.C. and their career path — including both failures and successes.
Researchers hope to draw connections between their findings and local data on policing and returning citizens.
Jun 18, 2020
D.C. No Longer The ‘Most Intensely Gentrified City’ In U.S., Ranking Behind San Francisco And Others In New Study
From 2000 to 2012, D.C. was considered to be one of the fastest-gentrifying cities in the U.S. From 2013 to 2017, though, it dropped behind other cities like Denver, Boston, and New Orleans.

