Williamsburg Book Festival collects oral histories about Tidewater’s lost towns
“In celebration of Black History Month, the Williamsburg Book Festival is working on its “Lost Communities of the Virginia Peninsula” project, according to festival organizer Greg Lilly. The project aims to tell the oral…
EYE-OPENER: The list of black-owned businesses wiped out during CoMo’s “urban renewal” push
“The City of Columbia wiped out over eighty black-owned businesses during the Federal government’s “Urban Renewal” push of the 1950’s and 1960’s, explains former city recreation specialist Bill Thompson, in a presentation getting more attention…
Historical Society Program to Look at Destruction of Queen City
“The Arlington Historical Society will present “Eminent Domain Destroys a Community: Leveling Queen City for the Pentagon” on Thursday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. at Central Library. Speaker Nancy Perry will discuss the federal government’s…
Supporting Individual Rights, Opposing Eminent Domain Abuse
“A recent blogpost published by Doug Kendall of the Constitutional Accountability Center (with whom we sometimes work with on op-eds and briefs) criticized Cato’s involvement in Mount Holly v. Mount Holly Gardens Citizens in Action…
Supporting Individual Rights, Opposing Eminent Domain Abuse
“A recent blogpost published by Doug Kendall of the Constitutional Accountability Center (with whom we sometimes work with on op-eds and briefs) criticized Cato’s involvement in Mount Holly v. Mount Holly Gardens Citizens in Action…
Profiles in Cowardice: Conservatives, Eminent Domain and Civil Rights in the Mount Holly Case
“In December, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear an important case out of Mount Holly, New Jersey, that involves Fair Housing Act (FHA) claims in the context of an effort by Mount Holly Township…
Chicken Man kills himself after long fight with Roswell government officials
“This is one of those stories that often never makes it to the Front Page of any newspaper or website. It’s a story about Property Rights and Eminent domain. It’s the story of one man…