Tag: Inequality
Seeing Through Murals: The Future of Latino San Francisco
Lori A. Flores In 1964, British sociologist Ruth Glass coined the term “gentrification” in her study of young creative professionals […]
Anthropologist as Court Jester: Civil Disobedience and The People’s Café
Nancy Scheper-Hughes “Just remember, Nancy, that you and I are just ‘passing’ as academics.” —George A. DeVos (“the Fox” in […]
Seeking Literary Justice: La Caja Mágica in Boyle Heights
Maricela Becerra Cat Callaghan Will Davis Grace Ko Benjamin Kolder Alejandro Ramirez MendezIt is two-thirty in the afternoon on Sunday, […]
Hanging Out with Cyclists
Noam Shoked Editor’s Note: In 2014, architecture Professor Margaret Crawford and Associate Professor of Art Practice Anne Walsh taught the […]
A Boom Interview: Mike Davis in conversation with Jennifer Wolch and Dana Cuff
Mike Davis Editor’s Note: Chronicler of the California dark side and LA’s underbelly, proclaiming a troubling, menacing reality beneath the […]
Juvenile in Justice
Richard Ross Introduction by Danielle Moss From Boom Summer 2016, Vol 6, No 2 The United States is the only country in the […]
Beyond Peak Juice Bar
Reimagining neighborhood, by Alissa Walker.
You Are Where You Are From
Can we change that? By Robin Mejia.
On Becoming a Historic Resident of Oakland
When knowing your history doesn’t help, by Brock Winstead.
The Atlas of California: Mapping the Challenge of a New Era
Explore Richard Walker and Suresh Lodha’s new atlas, which shows a new California in the making. It maps the economic, social, and political trends of a state struggling to maintain its leadership and to continue to offer its citizens the promise of prosperity.
