Jennifer Molinsky, Whitney Airgood-Obrycki, Rodney Harrell, Shannon Guzman
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October 30, 2020
Around the world, a rapidly aging population has helped spur a recognition of the importance of creating livable and age-friendly neighborhoods and places where people of all…
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In response to the ongoing, multifaceted crises created by the COVID-19 pandemic, many of Boston’…
When Gustavo Petro, a self-described radical, was elected mayor of Bogota, Colombia in 2012, he embraced policies aimed at densifying that city, making it more sustainable,…
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While some researchers have studied how historical community transformations and neighborhood contexts can shape voting patterns, few have examined what happens locally after…
Most research on right‐wing populism has tried to explain the rise of populist movements and parties. While some have studied how neighborhood contexts and histories shape…
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In her closing remarks at the recent Foundations for the Future of Housing Conference, Julia Stasch, past president of the MacArthur Foundation, astutely observed that years…
While gentrification has been occurring in Seattle for several decades, the racial and ethnic composition of its gentrifying areas has changed in significant ways, according…