Doing the Work at Home: Rutgers Racism Reckoning

One of my own organizing principles is to leaven organizing and protesting the big, national things (such as Black Lives Matter) with local issues inside my everyday spaces. In other words, I find it important to focus on “doing the work at home” — in the places I love and care about — alongside pushing … Continue reading Doing the Work at Home: Rutgers Racism Reckoning

How Urban Universities Get a Bad Name

Even as there are legitimate signs that private investment is being attracted to downtown Camden (see Kevin Shelly’s piece on 121 Market Street — which has potential buyers without subsidies) there are signs that this development will be fractured and existing residents will turn out losers. In particular, the use of eminent domain with property … Continue reading How Urban Universities Get a Bad Name