The history of gentrification in America starts in the 1960s, when the term was coined. Over the next five and a half decades, communities have wielded varying tools and strategies in response to ...
The words “Get out of Mexico” are still visible on one shop window as protestors violently kicked in the glass pane. In another clip, “Kill a gringo” is spray-painted on a wall in Mexico City as ...
Cities creating or restoring greenspaces experience gentrification processes that exclude citizens from more vulnerable social groups. This is the finding of a scientific project by the Institute of ...
Mexico City officials have announced a 14-point plan to address the capital’s housing and gentrification problems, which sparked large and sometimes violent protests earlier this month. Mexico City ...
Mieko Tarrius receives funding from Fonds de Recherche du Québec (FRQSC). Mieko Tarrius is a Policy Researcher Fellow at the Office of the Manhattan Borough President. Concordia University provides ...
Marchers carried signs reading “gringo go home” and “to gentrify is to erase memories.” A flood of American and European arrivals since the pandemic has transformed many Mexico City neighborhoods, ...
A museum in New York City's Chinatown that recently reopened after its archives were damaged by a fire last year is now facing more heat as protestors gather to boycott the institution. The protest: ...
The outrage reflects the growing difficulty of affording a city that has become a hot spot for Western immigrants. By Pranav Baskar Protests in Mexico City against a surge in tourism and rising prices ...
Written by Cristian Ascencio on Connectas and republished by Global Voices under a media partnership. Although her workplace is based in Mexico City, Abril has lived in Cancún, overlooking the ...