In addition to their entertainment appeal, crime thrillers have the potential to raise awareness about real-life issues affecting our cities. Such is the case with Benjamin Caron’s “Night Always Comes ...

Protests and lawsuits can be useful, and they are their own form of market regulation that attracts attention, galvanizes the ...

LOS ANGELES — This week’s events include a tour of the murals of Historic Filipinotown, an updated version of a 1970s game show, an anti-gentrification film screening, and more.

I find “displacement” to be a much more useful term for describing the negative side of gentrification. Nonetheless, I don’t think gentrification has lost its meaning or should be jettisoned from the ...

As the U.S. population becomes increasingly urban, gentrification can seem inevitable. However, scholars have found that it’s actually pretty rare. For example, a study by the nonprofit National ...