one urbanist you should know & links about redlining

Pete Saunders

Forbes | blog@petesaunders3

Pete Saunders writes for Forbes in addition to running his own blog and working as an urban planner. While much of his work focuses on the Rust Belt, by writing about race and gentrification, he inevitably addresses issues of redlining. As an introduction to his work, here are some links to pieces at Saunders’ blog as well as one of his columns for Forbes:

Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Atlantic | @tanehisicoates

MacArthur Genius Fellow, writer for The Atlantic and currently one of the most important public intellectuals, Coates’ book Between the World and Me won a National Book Award for nonfiction. In my opinion, his article “The Case for Reparations” serves as one of the best introductions to an intersectional approach to urban policy and U.S. history.

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