Gentrification is complex. Many say it’s better than the alternative. In Portland, like many American cities, “blighted” areas are redeveloped or otherwise spruced up, often with significant help from local government. Rarely do citizens spontaneously change the makeup of a neighborhood–it’s an act imposed from outside, using money and (sometimes) good intentions. It almost never […]

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Several sources now say that investment speculators are helping to fuel the global food crisis.
Meanwhile:
The World Bank says that 100 million more people are facing severe hunger. Yet some of the world’s richest food companies are making record profits. Monsanto last month reported that its net income for the three months up to the end […]

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