Gentrification

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August 11, 2025
As gentrification, declining attendance and pandemic-era shifts reshape Brooklyn’s Black churches, choirs work to preserve music traditions.
A city street at night
November 6, 2023
After living in an transitioning neighborhood for a few weeks, I wonder if people keep their heads in the sand…
April 19, 2023
Palm Springs’ city council is reckoning with those actions, voting in 2021 to issue a formal apology to former residents…
June 1, 2022
A proposed historic district in the Riverside Terrace neighborhood of Houston has divided residents in the historically Black enclave. 
April 29, 2022
Home prices in metro Orlando are said to be on the rise after real estate investors purchased nearly half of…
March 3, 2022
The Black Political Caucus of Charlotte-Mecklenburg noted that a 2007 transportation expansion didn't bode well for Black residents.
February 24, 2022
Greenville, South Carolina, is earning eye-rolls for featuring Mayor Knox White's high school experiences as part of Black History Month.
February 11, 2022
Since 2013, the Alma Thomas House has more than doubled in value and is now on the market for $2.3…
Sunny Jones thegrio.com
December 21, 2021
Los Angeles realtor Sunny Jones is helping African Americans in her community become homeowners despite gentrification.
September 11, 2021
Critics have deemed Balenciaga's latest sweatpant design to be an appropriation of the “sagging” pant style popularized by Black people.
September 4, 2021
A judge temporarily blocked the sale of property atop an African-American burial ground containing enslaved and formerly enslaved ancestors.
theGRIO.com
July 8, 2021
Black homeowners in Brooklyn are taking action against the city after losing their homes as part of the Third Party…
Little Apple thegrio.com
February 8, 2021
'Little Apple" is a web series about a nine-year-old Black girl from Harlem as she deals with her growing consciousness…
November 20, 2020
Artist-activist Bryce Detroit says he has plans to erect 22 signs across North End and to launch a line of…
Bedford Pine Atlanta Police gentrification
September 23, 2020
An Atlanta cop revealed his law enforcement career abruptly ended after quitting the force over gentrification.
Black Lives Matter Protests Held In Cities Nationwide
July 11, 2020
Louisville, Ky. Mayor Greg Fischer can't seem to catch a break when it comes to his leadership in the wake…
July 6, 2020
New court filings allege that the investigation that led officers to Taylor's home was a part of a major gentrification…
Howard University thegrio
April 23, 2019
Howard University strongly objects to new residents around the open campus using “The Yard,” as a place for picnics and…
Washington DC Supreme Court
June 18, 2018
A new lawsuit claims that Washington, DC is pushing out its long-time residents by pricing them out in order to
April 19, 2018
Saheed Vassell was killed by NYPD officers. Today the Brooklyn community he loved will hold his funeral.