The Phillips Brooks House was the hardest-hit Harvard College unit by share of staff positions in a recent round of layoffs tied to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ sweeping administrative overhaul, ...

A specter of Blackness haunts Oakland, California, lingering palpably in cultural and material landscapes that have been shaped by generations of Black Oaklanders.

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The Editorial Board is issuing a call for papers for a forthcoming special series in Metropolitics titled “Governing Repair: The Role of Cities and States in Reparations Policy” and edited by…

Prof. Nik HeynenDepartment of Geography, University of Georgia If you will be attending the AAG annual meeting in San Francisco, CA, please join us (either in-person or virtually) for the 2026 Antipod...

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In this excerpt from her recent UGA press monograph Diverging Space for Deviants: The Politics of Atlanta's Public Housing, Akira Drake Rodriguez examines the role of Black women in tenant association...

Dorothy Bolden spent her early years working as a maid – then she became their most powerful political organizer.

Dr. Yasminah Beebeejaun (University College London), Dr. Ali Modarres (University of Washington Tacoma) and Dr. Deirdre Oakley (Georgia State University) have been selected as the 2026 recipients of t...

Dr. Edward Goetz (University of Minnesota) and Dr. Michael Owens (Emory University) have been selected to receive the 2026 Contribution to the Field of Urban Affairs Award.  This annual award honors a...

Dr. Andrew Kahrl (University of Virginia) has been selected to receive the 2026 Best Book in the Field of Urban Affairs Award for The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Disposition in Am...

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Mapping the transformative effects of America’s urban solidarity economies.

Published in Planning Theory & Practice (Ahead of Print, 2026)

CETLI’s Graduate Fellowship for Teaching Excellence program honors graduate students who are dedicated to excellent teaching and is designed to foster conversations about teaching to help graduate stu...

Ahmed Abdullah, jazz trumpeter, adjunct professor at The New School, and former member of the Sun Ra Arkestra, presents a talk on his memoir A Strange Celestial Road.

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Last Saturday I presented a talk at the AFT/HFT Teacher Leaders Program here in Hartford, CT. The focus of my talk was the analysis from my recent peer-reviewed article, Framing of Black and Latinx…

Before the meeting Thursday, dozens of community members rallied outside the school district building to protest closings.

Philadelphia teachers and students protested outside of the Board of Education meeting Thursday, urging board members to reject the district’s proposal to close 20 schools.

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Public schools are an infrastructure that contribute to neighborhood quality and stability; however, the legacy of racial planning of school facilities and neighborhoods produces inequities in both...