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Curated Tolerance: the aesthetics of gentrification
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Amber Delgato from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke explores the aesthetic principles guiding and driving the gentrification of urban neighborhoods across the country.
Gentrification
Listen: Residents of Durham remember Bull City through communal storytelling
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Long-time residents of Durham are sick of the efforts of developers to gentrify their city. Listen to short clips from residents and read tiny haikus remembering Bull City from the ‘70s to today.
Audio Story
A baffled Southerner at the Iowa caucuses
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This political hell in a high school gym is up there with hanging chads and gerry-mandered districts.
Witness
On Blackness and bad weather
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Catastrophic flooding brings long-term harm to the psychology of residents and the spirit of a community. In Princeville, a community built upon the self-organization and determination of Black people, it seemed the damage might never be repaired.