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Jordan Smith: Parts of the Same Project,

Awake to a language he didn’t know,
A woman by a window, her silhouette
Between light crossing a meadow

September 28, 2025 · 4 Comments

Video: Bree Jones | How to Revitalize a Neighborhood Without Gentrification

Equitable housing developer and TED Fellow Bree Jones shares how she found a way to revitalize neighborhoods experiencing hyper-vacancy while preventing gentrification — supporting home buyers and transforming communities along the way.

October 7, 2022 · Leave a comment

Sushma Subramanian: Suffering the Heat of Climate Change, Cities Seek Retribution

Baltimore is suing major oil and gas companies for spurring the climate crisis and the rising temperatures that have an outsized impact on low-income, urban areas.

August 5, 2021 · Leave a comment

Jose Padua: Baltimore

I realize I quote her as often as Allen Ginsberg quoted Jack Kerouac, but when she was three my daughter said, “It’s not crazy—it’s Baltimore,” then proceeded to improvise better … Continue reading

November 15, 2014 · 2 Comments

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