GENTRIFICATION
Digital Nomads Are the New Gentrifiers
The rise of WFH globetrotters spells big problems for locals in cities like Mexico City and Medellín.
‘Whorehouse Cinema’ is Amsterdam’s First Sex Workers Festival
After the city cracked down on the Red Light District, sex workers are reclaiming their narrative through art.
Police Say This Is One of Berlin's Most Dangerous Areas. Locals Say There's More to It.
Photographer Manuel Lossau profiles the people of Kotti.
Live in a Warehouse? Gentrification Is Coming for You Next
Developers are threatening to demolish one of the final bastions of alternative living in London.
Poet Tongo Eisen-Martin Finds the Universal Power in Everyday Life
Watch San Francisco duo LOAN’s “Church Bell” music video today
Texas Banned Homeless Encampments, So a Guy Made One on His Property
Josiah Ingalls is perhaps the boldest—and most literal—embodiment of the “Yes in My Backyard” philosophy: He’s letting 19 homeless people live on his land.
The Hilton Opened an ‘Anarchist’ Cocktail Bar in London. The Drinks Are £14.
The hotel chain changed the branding of its "Freedom Cafe" in East London, after a local anarchist group complained that it ripped them off.
The Rich and Famous Took Over Australia’s Most Famous Beach Town. The Locals Are Now Homeless.
Many of those priced out of celebrity hideaway Byron Bay have been among the worst impacted by Australia’s recent deadly floods.
The Black Panthers’ First HQ Is About to Be Turned Into an Apartment Complex
But some former Panthers are worried about erasing their history and worsening gentrification.
Gentrifiers Keep Snitching and Getting Their Neighbors Fined for Uncut Grass
Homeowners in Portland currently owe $10.6 million for violations like peeling paint and uncut grass, in a system that disproportionately harms communities of color.
World’s ‘Greenest City’ Will Be Totally Unaffordable Because of Climate Change
Flooding in and around Vancouver even in an optimistic scenario could destroy tens of thousands of homes, harm First Nations, and drive up already wild housing prices for everyone.
'Cut Short' – A Story of Youth Violence, Told By Those Wrapped Up in It
Author Ciaran Thapar and his mentees, Demetri and Jhemar, talk about South London, gentrification and the value of youth work.