Tasty Morning Bytes — Plantation Weddings, Tenant Purchase, New MLK Drive
Why Are People Still Having Weddings at Plantations Slaves Built? Southern weddings are trendy this summer, and many women find justifications for holding them in historical mansions built on slave labor. (Good)
‘Martin Luther King Drive’ is coming to D.C. A four-mile stretch of road will be renamed Martin Luther King Drive. It will connect Southeast to the new memorial for the slain civil rights leader. (The Washington Post)
Tenant purchase preserves affordable housing in D.C. A primer on the District’s Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act, which gives tenants the first right to buy their building if the owner wants to sell it. (Greater Greater Washington)
Studios try to ‘crack the code’ on Latino moviegoers Hispanics make up 23 percent of the frequent movie-going audience, but marketing to the demographic thus far has been quite homogeneous. (CNN)
Report: Fewer immigrants are coming from Mexico, but fewer are going back The recession may be the cause of the drop in return migration over recent years. (Multi-American)