Tasty Morning Bytes — Yelp Fights, Freemasons Leave D.C. and Statehood Struggle
On The Rapid Gentrification of DC Tensions over gentrification and segregation in D.C. are evident even on Yelp reviews. (Racialicious)
Redevelopment Threatens Affordable Housing on the Pike There’s increased investment along Columbia Pike in nearby Northern Virginia. But a new report states that could cause the elimination of affordable rents. (ARLNow.com)
On 14th Street, gentrification hits the Freemasons The historically black Prince Hall branch of Freemasonry is moving from the 14th Street NW corridor after selling its building to make way for a new mixed-use development. The organization wants to stay in D.C., but some employees will likely be relocated to the suburbs. (Housing Complex)
At African American Civil War Museum Opening, Gray Makes Pitch For Statehood The reopening of the black Civil War museum provides another instance in which an elected D.C. official makes a connection between the black struggle for freedom and the District’s statehood fight. (WAMU)
Marion Barry’s son following in his addictive footsteps, tragically Many addicts had addict parents. And substance abuse is a problem that cuts across racial and socioeconomic lines. (The Washington Post)