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Articles by Eliana Perozo
LA is Building for the 2028 Olympics. These Organizers Want to Stop It.
Cerianne Robertson spent years watching a city change as it prepared to host the Olympics. While living in Rio de Janeiro and working as a journalist, Robertson says she and her team saw the displacement happen. From 2014 to 2018, she reported on evictions that helped make way for the Olympic park and related transit infrastructure. About 77,000 people were displaced from their homes — mostly in favelas — by the city government between 2009 and 2016, the year Rio hosted the Olympics.
Taxing the Rich Is Possible. This Toolkit Shows Local Leaders How.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s recently proposed pieds-à-terre tax is helping to show that making rich people pay an equitable share in taxes is worth the effort. Plus, past tax increases disproved the myth that asking the wealthy to pay their fair share will lead to their exodus from cities across the U.S. Now, Local Progress and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy are working to equip local officials across the country with more progressive tax structures they can implement.
DACA Artist Uses Thread to Weave Immigration Stories
Arleene Correa Valencia, “It’s Easier To Leave Before The Sun Rise: It Hurts Less If We Don’t Say Goodbye / Es Más Facil Salir De Madrugada: Sin Despedida Duele Menos” (2025) (image courtesy Fridman Gallery) This story was copublished with Next City, a nonprofit news organization reporting on solutions for more sustainable, accessible, inclusive, and equitable cities.
HUD may end support for mixed-status immigrant households. Here’s what that means
(Photo by Rebecca Blackwell / AP) Families with mixed immigration status may soon lose support from the Trump-era Department of Housing and Urban Development. In February, the agency announced a proposed rule that would prohibit “mixed-status” families, which include U.S. citizens and people without legal immigration status, from living in public and other subsidized housing.
Black Portlanders Were Displaced; New Project To Aid Their Return
Above photo: A rendering of Williams and Russell Community Development Corporation’s affordable homeownership project. A community development organization is taking a place-based approach to build and determine eligibility for housing.
Black Portlanders Were Displaced. This Project Aims to Aid in Their Return.
A rendering of Williams and Russell Community Development Corporation's affordable homeownership project. Story by Eliana Perozo Published on This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks.
HUD May End Support For Mixed-Status Immigrant Households
Above photo: Rebecca Blackwell / AP. Here’s What That Means. A similar rule was proposed in 2019, but was blocked by the overwhelming public comments against it. Families with mixed immigration status may soon lose support from the Trump-era Department of Housing and Urban Development.
HUD May End Support for Mixed-Status Immigrant Households. Here’s What That Means.
Families with mixed immigration status may soon lose support from the Trump-era Department of Housing and Urban Development. In February, the agency announced a proposed rule that would prohibit “mixed-status” families, which include U.S. citizens and people without legal immigration status, from living in public and other subsidized housing.
Immigration Enforcement Tied to Anxiety for Children, Parents and Childcare Providers, Data Shows
New data from the Stanford Center on Early Childhood shows that more than one in three parents are experiencing impacts in their community from increased immigration enforcement. The impacts are just as present and concerning for immigrant parents as they were for non-immigrant parents who were surveyed: respectively, 32% of immigrant parents and 38% of non-immigrant parents noticed impacts from increased immigration enforcement. This new data comes from the center’s RAPID Survey Project.
How Memphis Is Responding To ICE And National Guard Presence
Above photo: Protestors gather for a march in Memphis, Tenn., Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, to march against the deployment of National Guard troops to Memphis. A coalition of immigrant rights organizations is showing up to keep their communities safe. Carlos Ochoa is a Latino Memphian. He has lived in Memphis, Tennessee, for over a decade. And for a large portion of that time, he’s worked to protect immigrant rights in the city.
How Memphis Is Responding to ICE and National Guard Presence
Story by Eliana Perozo Published on This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Become A Member Carlos Ochoa is a Latino Memphian. He has lived in Memphis, Tennessee, for over a decade. And for a large portion of that time, he’s worked to protect immigrant rights in the city.
This Exhibition Explores the Psychological Toll of Displacement
Just a 10-minute walk from where an intense ICE raid occurred on Canal Street in late October 2025, leaving community members afraid and nervous, Sanctuary, a recently opened art exhibition at Fridman Gallery, is attempting to create a place of sovereignty for immigrants. Iliya Fridman, the gallery owner and exhibition curator, is an immigrant who has called New York City home for 30 years. He and his family became political refugees in the city after escaping antisemitism in Russia.
NYC’s COPA Bill Has Failed. What’s Next For This Anti-Displacement Measure?
Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA), a housing bill that would give nonprofits and affordable housing organizations a 25-day head start to consider purchasing a dilapidated building before it hits the private market, has failed in the New York City Council. The Council initially passed the bill in December 2025, with a majority vote of 31 in favor. But it was one of the 18 bills former Mayor Eric Adams vetoed on his last day in office.
Guide To ICE Watch Hotlines And Immigration Resources
Above photo: People protest against ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) in downtown Minneapolis on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. Adam Gray / AP Photo. Want to Take Action? Many of these on-the-ground organizations have been working with immigrant communities for years. They know their needs. Since taking office, the Trump administration has made it clear that going after immigrants is one of its top priorities.
Party With Us Saturday As We Celebrate 50th Birthday of Ana Nogueira, Co-Founder of Both The Indy & Starr Bar
Join us this Saturday 5-9 pm at Starr Bar for a “Salsa Saturday” celebration of The Indypendent’s 25 years of serving New York city and the 50th birthday of The Indy’s originating co-founder Ana Nogueira. Music will be provided courtesy of DJ Fatin. The Indy began as a gleam in Nogueira’s eye in the spring of 2000 and would launch in September of that year. For more, read her inspiring first-person account of The Indy’s origins.
Want to Take Action? Here’s Your Guide to ICE Watch Hotlines and Immigration Resources
Since taking office, the Trump administration has made it clear that going after immigrants is one of its top priorities. In addition to ICE setting a record high of 32 people dying while in its custody last year, at least three more U.S. citizens have been killed by ICE agents this month. Over the weekend, as thousands gathered for a general strike in subzero temperatures to protest ICE presence, federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti.
The Clock Is Ticking For NYC To Save Community Opportunity To Purchase
Almost six years after the first version of the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) was first put forward, New York City council members successfully passed the bill during one of their final meetings of 2025. The long-fought policy would give nonprofits (and for-profit organizations that partner with nonprofits) first dibs at purchasing distressed residential properties before they hit the speculative market.
A Commercial Down Payment Program Is Saving Miami’s Small Businesses From Displacement
This Q&A is part of Lessons from the Field, Next City’s series of interviews with anti-displacement practitioners across the country. During the thick of the Covid-19 pandemic, as countless small businesses faced an existential crisis, The Miami Foundation received a $20 million grant from Wells Fargo with one goal: to support these vulnerable business owners. Brittany Morgan, the foundation’s senior director of economic resilience, got creative with the money.
Building A National Movement To Protect Small Businesses From Displacement
Above photo: Members of the Small Business Anti-Displacement Network on a site visit in San Francisco. SBAN. The founder of the Small Business Anti-Displacement Network explains why commercial gentrification demands its own playbook of solutions. Willow Lung doesn’t come from a background in finance or business. She’s a scholar and professor focused on gentrification, social inequality and urban development.
How Mayor Mamdani Could Reshape New York City
Democratic Socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani’s stunning upset in the New York City mayoral race has turned a slate of once-dismissed ideas into the city’s next policy blueprint. From publicly-owned grocery stories to free buses, the incoming mayor’s agenda has been hailed by supporters as visionary – and widely criticized, even within his own party, as unworkable.
Closing The Gap Between Housing And Home With Upcycled Furniture
Above photo: A client reacts after seeing their newly-furnished home. Digs With Dignity. Chicago’s Digs with Dignity shows that a furnished home can be the difference between staying housed and starting over again. Homelessness in Chicago has surged in recent years, with the number of unhoused Chicagoans tripling last year. As housing costs climb and public funding shrinks, more families are cycling in and out of shelters without the resources to make a new place feel like home.
When Neighbors Take Ownership of Their Housing Future
This Q&A is part of Lessons from the Field, Next City’s series of interviews with anti-displacement practitioners across the country. Meche Martinez had just purchased her home near Washington, D.C.’s historic Anacostia. Soon after moving into her new neighborhood, she was invited to a small gathering to talk about a development project that residents feared would price them out.
Bay Area Land Trust’s Pioneering Model Protects Artists From Displacement
Above photo: Flee Kieselhorst, an LGBTQ professional photographer and single mother, and her child Pickle in the home they purchased through Artists Space Trust. C. Wagner Photography. “We want to be the national blueprint for community land trusts that are creative land trusts as well.” To Meg Shiffler, every artist is an entrepreneur.
A Bay Area Land Trust’s Pioneering Model Protects Artists From Displacement
This Q&A is part of Lessons from the Field, Next City’s new series of interviews with anti-displacement practitioners across the country. To Meg Shiffler, every artist is an entrepreneur. The inaugural director of the San Francisco-based nonprofit Artist Space Trust knows that when artists are priced out of their communities, it’s not just a loss of cultural vibrancy; it’s the shuttering of small businesses and the weakening of local economies. Artists everywhere are on the brink.
How NYC’s Oldest Working-Class Theater Is Staging a Fight Against Displacement
This Q&A is part of Lessons from the Field, Next City’s new series of interviews with anti-displacement practitioners across the country. When Colm Summers stepped into the role of artistic director at New York City’s Working Theater in 2023, he inherited a legacy nearly four decades in the making.
In West Baltimore, Fighting Displacement Before Gentrification Takes a Hold
This Q&A is part of Lessons from the Field, Next City’s new series of interviews with anti-displacement practitioners across the country. Each conversation features practical insights and hard-earned wisdom from urban leaders who have built innovative, locally-rooted strategies to keep residents in place. In cities across the country, revitalization often comes at a cost: longtime residents priced out or forced out of their homes.
As Private Equity Squeezes Mobile Home Parks for Profit, Residents Fight Back
This story is part of a series on manufactured housing and solutions to help mitigate threats facing mobile home residents. Read our previous pieces on the health impacts of private equity ownership and historic preservationists’ role in protecting these communities. Marjory Gilsrud and Yvonne Maldonado have never met. They live in separate manufactured home communities, more than a thousand miles apart from each other.
This story was originally published by Next City, a nonprofit newsroom reporting on solutions for equitable and just cities. Get Next City’s stories in your inbox: nextcity.org/newsletter. A new study finds that 15% of urban neighborhoods across America show signs of gentrification over the last 50 years, with the number of gentrifying urban neighborhoods growing sevenfold from 1970 through 2020. And that gentrification comes at a high price for Black communities.
These museums are teaching us about how our cities work Original
When Hurricane Ida hit New York City in 2021, water pipes in Queens were already backed up, and the heavy rain caused severe flooding, killing 11 residents. How do these pipes work, and what made them so vulnerable to the floods? What were the engineering, urban planning, and policy decisions that led to these scenes of devastation? Next City digs into these questions and more ahead.
These museums are teaching us about how our cities work
These museums are teaching us about how our cities work When Hurricane Ida hit New York City in 2021, water pipes in Queens were already backed up, and the heavy rain caused severe flooding, killing 11 residents. How do these pipes work, and what made them so vulnerable to the floods? What were the engineering, urban planning, and policy decisions that led to these scenes of devastation? Next City digs into these questions and more ahead.
These museums are teaching us about how our cities work
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These Museums Are Teaching Us About How Our Cities Work
When Hurricane Ida hit New York City in 2021, water pipes in Queens were already backed up, and the heavy rain caused severe flooding – killing 11 residents. How do these pipes work, and what made them so vulnerable to the floods? What were the engineering, urban planning and policy decisions that led to these scenes of devastation?
Phil Williams - The Bradenton Times
Phil Williams, 78, passed away in Bradenton, Florida Friday May 23, 2025, from complications after heart surgery. His is preceded in death by his parents Luther Williams and Marie Metford, and his brother Rick.
Joseph Fischer, Jr.
Ernie passed away on May 19, 2025, at home in Bradenton, Florida surrounded by love. Born April 15, 1949, to Joseph and Dorothy Fischer in Bradenton, Ernie was a lifelong resident of Manatee County. He graduated from Southeast High School and was a lineman on the football team all four years. Ernie worked at Tropicana for 31 years and at King Middle School for 13 years. Ernie was preceded in death by his parents, Joe and Dot Fischer, his brother, Steve Fischer, and son, Carl Reese.
Zach Regan Duo at Freckled Fin Irish Pub
Calendar Zach Regan Duo at Freckled Fin Irish Pub Posted Sunday, May 25, 2025 7:16 pm © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap Improve this map Freckled Fin Irish Pub 5337 Gulf Drive Holmes Beach, FL 34217 View larger map Event time 7:30 PM - 11:30 PM Cost / donation No cover Zach Regan & the 776 is a south Florida band raised up on southern rock and country roots. They're high energy performers trying to put cracks in the mold of the Alt-Country scene.
Mylon Shamble at Waterside Plaza
Calendar Mylon Shamble at Waterside Plaza Posted Sunday, May 25, 2025 6:24 pm © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap Improve this map Waterside Plaza 7500 Island Cove Terrace Lakewood Ranch, FL 34240 View larger map Mylon was born in Chicago but grew up in Bradenton, FL. Her introduction to singing and songwriting is actually accredited to some of her friends from college.
Anthony Smith - The Bradenton Times
Life of Love and Dedication Anthony Bernard "Tank" Dunbar Smith, dedicated, and described as bigger than life to many and was a beloved son, brother, uncle, and friend, transitioned from the earthly life on May15th. Born on July 30, 1953, in Rubonia, Florida, he was born to Betty Dunbar and Lewis Smith. Early Life and Education Anthony attended Manatee County District Schools including Lincoln Memorial and Palmetto High Schools graduating in 1971.
301 Travelers at Island Time Bar & Grill
Calendar 301 Travelers at Island Time Bar & Grill Posted Sunday, May 25, 2025 6:49 pm Island Time Bar & Grill 111 Gulf Drive S Bradenton Beach, FL 34217 View larger map Event time 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Cost / donation No cover The 301 Travelers band is a popular party band playing Top danceable country, southern rock, rock, and pop songs from the 90’s thru today.
‘Voices for Veterans’ panel: Nation has a moral obligation to care for those who served
Ann Marie Patterson-Powell (left) and Dr. Kyle Horton (right) discuss the nation’s obligation to veterans during a “Voices for Veterans” event in Fayetteville, N.C. (Screenshot from event video stream)A panel of speakers at a Tuesday “Voices for Veterans” event recently agreed that America has a moral obligation to care for members of the military after they have completed their service.
Twinkle and Rock Soul Radio at Big Top Brewing
Calendar Twinkle and Rock Soul Radio at Big Top Brewing Posted Sunday, May 25, 2025 7:01 pm © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap Improve this map Big Top Brewing Company 975 Cattlemen Road Sarasota, FL 34232 View larger map Twinkle and Rock Soul Radio An accomplished musician and songwriter, Twinkle has worked with Aerosmith, Dickie Betts, Rod Stewart, Gregg Allman, and countless others.
Don Soledad & Pablo Arencibia at Fogartyville
Calendar Don Soledad & Pablo Arencibia at Fogartyville Posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 8:16 pm © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap Improve this map WSLR+Fogartyville 525 Kumquat Court Sarasota, FL 34236 View larger map 'Spain Infinitus' Flamenco guitarist and recording artist Don Soledad and jazz pianist/jazz professor Pablo Arencibia presents: 'Spain Infinitus,' an homage to renowned Latin jazz pianist. Michel Camilo & legendary Spanish flamenco guitarist Tomatito.
The White Crowe Band at Jiggs Landing Outpost
Calendar The White Crowe Band at Jiggs Landing Outpost Posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 7:36 pm © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap Improve this map Jiggs Landing Outpost 6106 63rd St E Bradenton, Flori 34203 View larger map TWCB brings an authentic groove to a great night out, playing songs that span the decades to the hottest hits of today. Their genre covers country, rock, pop, funk and dance music, featuring 100% musicianship with no tracks, stems or drum machines.
LWV School Board Notes Special Meeting: 5/20/25
The League of Women Voters of Manatee County Education Issues Action Team observes the School Board of Manatee County meetings for items of interest to citizens and to the League, and notes adherence, or lack of adherence, to good governance procedures and the Sunshine Law. The League also provides feedback to school board members. The meeting was called to order by Chair Choate at 9:01 AM. He led the Pledge of Allegiance. Public Comments There were 6 public commenters.
Not Enough Space at Oscura
Calendar Not Enough Space at Oscura Posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 8:02 pm Oscura 816 Manatee Ave E Bradenton, FL 34208 View larger map 152 Productions Presents: Not Enough Space with Lilith's Demise Lost Trees Pretty Pity Reverya Emerging from the vibrant music scene of Orlando, Florida, Not Enough Space is redefining the modern rock and metal landscape.
LWV School Board Notes Regular Meeting: 5/20/25
Posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 9:17 pm The League of Women Voters of Manatee County Education Issues Action Team observes the School Board of Manatee County meetings for items of interest to citizens and to the League, and notes adherence, or lack of adherence, to good governance procedures and the Sunshine Law. The League also provides feedback to school board members.
22N at Joyland - The Bradenton Times
Calendar 22N at Joyland Posted Saturday, May 24, 2025 8:48 pm Joyland 8341 Lockwood Ridge Road Sarasota, FL 34243 View larger map Event time 9:00 PM - 1:00 AM Cost / donation 18-20 $20.90; 21+ $10.45 Known for their electrifying performances and dynamic energy, 22N is a powerhouse group of 5 talented musicians who know how to bring the party to life.
What is a sanctuary city, anyway?
In late April, the White House issued yet another executive order threatening to withhold federal funds from all “sanctuary” jurisdictions, calling their lack of cooperation with federal immigration authorities “a lawless insurrection against the supremacy of Federal law.” The executive order directs the Department of Justice, attorney general and Secretary of Homeland Security to provide a list of all sanctuary cities in order to suspend or terminate federal funding, including grants and...
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