Building workers' power in Roanoke, VA
We, the undersigned, are demanding that Mayor Lea and the City of Roanoke, Virginia Government, as well as Mayor Foley and the City of Salem, Virginia Government, immediately implement a response to the coronavirus pandemic that places the needs of Roanoke & Salem’s most vulnerable groups first. As COVID-19 continues to spread throughout Virginia and... Continue Reading →
The United States, like most western industrial democratic experiments, underwent an iteration of the intensive land redevelopment process often known as “urban renewal” in the postwar period. Under the auspices of liberal progress, massive amounts of civic space were reconfigured to address “urban blight,” facilitate the growth of highway systems, and to enable faster connective... Continue Reading →
In September of 2019, The Nielson report claimed that African Americans had a spending power of over 1 trillion dollars. With that much money to spend, loud has been the cry to strengthen black communities through ownership, entrepreneurship, and making conscious efforts to shop black. The idea is to liberate Black Americans by generating and... Continue Reading →
The State of Housing in the U.S. What is the general state of housing in the so-called U.S., the nation with possibly the most stolen wealth on the planet? In 2018, there were more than half a million people "counted" as homeless across this country (40% of them were Black). At the same time, there... Continue Reading →