

ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY PLANNING: NOW MORE THAN EVER
From the Progressive City: Radical Alternatives Editorial Committee: Over the course of the year, we will be reprinting some of our most...


IN RESPONSE TO PROGRESSIVE CITY: PLACEMAKING WHEN BLACK LIVES MATTER
FENCE PAINT, 2017 layered construction paper, Madhuri Shukla This cutout explores accessibility, the manifestation of race and ethnicity...


PLACEMAKING WHEN BLACK LIVES MATTER
What would placemaking look like when Black lives matter?[i] Washington D.C.’s director of planning illustrated the racial limits of DIY...


THE DRUG WAR, PRISONS, AND POLICE KILLINGS OF BLACK MEN
Photo Credit: JUSTIN SULLIVAN/GETTY Early on New Year's Day 2009, a transit officer shot and killed Oscar Grant at BART's Fruitvale...


BLACK LIVES DON'T MATTER IN APA'S COLORBLIND PLANNING: APA REJECTED LEGISLATIVE POLICY GUIDE
The American Planning Association (APA) views itself as a membership organization that offers opportunity for education and advocacy on...


“GOOD PLANNING” IS BAD PLANNING, AND “PROGRESSIVE” IS NOT ENOUGH: A RESPONSE TO PETER MARCUSE
By Samuel Stein In his inaugural article on this website, “What’s the Matter with ‘Good’ Planning?”, Peter Marcuse has once again...