Starbucks interior with people inside caption 'This is what happens when you put a Starbucks in a black neighborhood. Black people love coffee and fresh juice, stop filling our neighborhoods with liquor stores and fried chicken spots' (l) Starbucks building with sign (c) Starbucks interior with people inside caption 'This is what happens when you put a Starbucks in a black neighborhood. Black people love coffee and fresh juice, stop filling our neighborhoods with liquor stores and fried chicken spots' (r)

‘We deserve luxury too’: TikToker shows a thriving community in Starbucks in a Black neighborhood

'This is what happens when you put a Starbucks in a Black neighborhood.'

On Aug 8, 2022 by Cecilia Lenzen

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‘They don’t think us Black people know anything’: Woman calls out predatory letters making below-market value offers on inherited home

'There are all of these tactics that they use to try to scare you to feel like you are not able to stay in your land.'

On Jul 1, 2022 by Braden Bjella

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Video shows ‘Gentrification Karen’ throwing tantrum over 8-year-old Black boy riding his bike next to her

'She bought a coffee. That means she can curse out 8-year-olds who live there.'

On Nov 23, 2020 by Kahron Spearman

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Mush oats gentrification gruel

This tech startup wants you to eat gentrified gruel

These oats stand for something.

On Sep 29, 2020 by Bryan Rolli

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#GentrifyingGeorge thinks 152-year-old HBCU should ‘just move’

Sean Grubbs-Robishaw apparently thinks the 152-year-old institution should move.

On Apr 21, 2019 by Samira Sadeque

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Video shows jogger dumping homeless man’s encampment into lake

Local residents say this is peak Oakland gentrification.

On Jun 11, 2018 by Tess Cagle

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Ashlee K Thomas in the music video of her song Ghetto.

A white woman wrote a song about moving to the ‘ghetto’—and it’s gone over about as well as you’d think

Residents are not happy about this.

On May 9, 2017 by Samantha Grasso

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#CroissantRat is just post-gentrification #PizzaRat

There goes the neighborhood.

On May 12, 2016 by Nayomi Reghay

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Why Airbnb could be making it even harder to find affordable housing

Is Airbnb at all responsible for the rise in housing and rental prices in cities across the country?

On Jul 27, 2015 by Peter Moskowitz

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How the electoral college is allowing America’s class war to spread

Hillary Clinton won the popular vote. She just didn't win where it mattered most.

On May 12, 2015 by Gillian Branstetter

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GOP congressman now has to deal with adviser’s racist Facebook posts

This is abhorrent.

On Feb 5, 2015 by Eric Geller

Tech
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Mayo store featured on ‘Saturday Night Live’ plans new artisanal product based on the sketch

That throwaway line sounds more delicious upon second thought.

On Jan 21, 2015 by Michelle Jaworski

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Russell Brand threatens to sue the Sun for calling him a hypocrite

Brand claims he's not the story. But he's fast becoming it.

On Dec 3, 2014 by Rob Price

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Russell Brand calls reporter ‘snide’ for asking how much his house cost

We bet the interviewer didn't expect it to go like this.

On Dec 2, 2014 by Rob Price

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Oakland resident evicted so landlord could turn home into an Airbnb

The Bay Area's fight between residents and Airbnb continues.

On Nov 25, 2014 by Rob Price

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