In 1933, faced with a housing shortage, the federal government began a program explicitly designed to increase — and segregate — America's housing stock. Author Richard Rothstein says the housing programs begun under the New Deal were tantamount to a "state-sponsored system of segregation."
The government's efforts were "primarily designed to provide housing to white, middle-class, lower-middle-class families," he says. African-Americans and other people of color were left out of the new suburban communities — and pushed instead into urban housing projects.
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CM Punk lit the pro wrestling world on fire when he returned to the ring for AEW on Aug. 20, but now he is getting ready to debut as a completely different character on the Starz drama series “Heels.
The ObserverIranExplainerTehran’s allies help it project power – and risk causing a wider conflagration in the Middle East
The “axis of resistance” is a network of autonomous militant Islamist groups through which Iran can project power, determine the course of events and deter attack by Israel or the US. The axis is so central to the current conflict that on 7 October, as the bloody attack on Israel was still under way, Hamas’s military commander called on the network to join the struggle.
The long readKatie MitchellHer champions regard Katie Mitchell as Britain’s greatest living stage director – but her critics see a vandal smashing up the classics. After staging her most ambitious work in Europe, can she make a triumphant return home?
Katie Mitchell provokes strong reactions. Some think of her as a vandal, ripping apart classic texts and distorting them to her own dubious purpose. Others consider her to be the most important British director of theatre and opera at work today – indeed, among the greatest in the world.
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Organ GrinderUS television industryThe 10 Best US TV shows of 2008From Mad Men to the Colbert report, these shows have been the cream of the crop in a mixed year for US televisionIt has been an odd year for US television. It began in the midst of a writers' strike and will end with the threat of an actors' walkout. In between there was some outstanding television and some so bad that even the writers' mothers must have struggled to love it (Cashmere Mafia and Lipstick Jungle spring to mind).
Tristan Thompson isn't moving on from Khloe Kardashian just yet, because he's NOT dating the hot chick he's been hanging with in NYC, but they are getting to know each other through a mutual friend ... one of his NBA teammates.
We've learned Tristan's new friend is Karizma Ramirez ... and sources close to her tell us they met last week through Jordan Clarkson.
As you know, Tristan and Karizma were photographed inside Nobu in NYC Tuesday night .
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Gratiela Brancusi's '1883' character Noemi had a happy ending, but the actor hasn't brought herself to watch episodes 9 and 10 yet. Published on March 7, 2022 3 min read 1883 recently ended its first season, but actor Gratiela Brancusi isn’t ready to move on just yet. Brancusi portrayed Noemi, a widowed immigrant who soon becomes a love interest for Thomas. Although 1883 is anticipated to release additional episodes later this year, it’s not clear whether they will include Brancusi.