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Video: Displacement Around the World, Lessons for and from NYC

Jarrett Murphy | May 9, 2018

An author from our recent ‘Global Squeeze’ series discusses the project and its findings.

The Global Squeeze

The Lessons NYC Activists Have for Those Fighting Displacement the World Over

Daniel Bates | May 4, 2018

Learn from defeat. Think big. Follow the money. And organize, organize, organize.

The Global Squeeze

To Save a Stadium for the Middle Class, Manila Advocates Used Preservation as a Tool

Purple Chrystyl Romero | May 3, 2018

The saga of the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium in the Philippines illustrates the possibility—and potential pitfalls—of using heritage preservation as a tool to resist gentrification.

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Nairobi Slum Dwellers Feel Let Down by the ‘Promised Land’

Wacera Ngunjiri | May 2, 2018

A scheme to replace shanties with newly constructed housing for the poor was undermined by bad economics and a lack of trust.

CITY WIRE: THE BLOG

Hear ‘Global Squeeze’ Reporter Linus Unah Discuss His Story on Displacement in Lagos

Jarrett Murphy | May 2, 2018

He wrote about the people fighting to preserve their stake in Lagos’s future on the edge of a lagoon.

The Global Squeeze

Hijacked Buildings and ‘Shock and Awe’ Tactics in Johannesburg’s Low-Income Black Neighborhoods

Daylin Paul | May 1, 2018

After apartheid, many Blacks left South Africa’s townships in a search for a better life in the big city. Now they see government, landlords and private-security firms banding together to drive them out.

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On the Edge of the Lagos Lagoon, Settlement Residents Defend Their Stake in a City

Linus Unah | April 30, 2018

Redevelopment plans in Nigeria’s largest city have targeted informal waterfront settlements where tens of thousands of people have lived for decades. The first story in a series about displacement and its opponents around the world.

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