By Kevin Lujan Lee This piece was initially published in Veterans for Peace as part of Planners Network's City’s Call for Big Ideas op-ed series. On March 26, 2020, an aircraft carrier, the USS Theodore Roosevelt, docked on the unincorporated territory of Guåhan (Guam), home to the Indigenous CHamorus of the Marianas. With approximately two dozen sailors testing … [Read more...] about Indigenous Community Control Across the Pacific More Important than Ever
Review: Diverging Spaces for Deviants: The Politics of Atlanta’s Public Housing
By Hilary Wilson Diverging Spaces for Deviants: The Politics of Atlanta’s Public Housing Akira Drake Rodriguez The University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, 2021268 pages • $36.95 If it seemed like the crisis in housing affordability couldn’t get worse at the start of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated the problem. Millions of Americans are now unsure … [Read more...] about Review: Diverging Spaces for Deviants: The Politics of Atlanta’s Public Housing
No YIMBYs on Stolen Land
By Toshio Meronek and Ralowe Ampu In national stories about the housing unaffordability crisis, San Francisco is a cautionary tale. The stark gap between rich and poor, incredible eviction rates, racialized homelessness, and phasing out of tenant protections and public housing are complex problems. But according to the popular narrative circulated by corporate media, and … [Read more...] about No YIMBYs on Stolen Land
From Gerrymandering to “Social Mandering”
By Peter Marcuse Following each decennial U.S. census, electoral district lines are redrawn to reflect changing demographics, from the Congressional districts within the 50 States, down to the state, county and city legislative levels. Gerrymandering, the drawing of those lines to advantage one political party over another, is almost as old as U.S. democracy itself—the … [Read more...] about From Gerrymandering to “Social Mandering”
Remembering Dana Driskell: A Planners Network Memorial
On Sunday, June 6th from 4-5:30pm Planners Network will be hosting an online memorial for Dana Driskell -- longtime PN member and social justice advocate -- who passed away earlier this year. Sunday, June 6th, 4-5:30pm ET: Remembering Dana Driskell — A Planners Network Memorial Dana Driskell, who passed away earlier this year, was a giant among practicing urban planners … [Read more...] about Remembering Dana Driskell: A Planners Network Memorial