Mechanical Freak

We take a moment to remember PNW native Randy Weaver in connection with the recent shooting in Buffalo and discuss what the Democrats response to white supremacist violence was in the 1990s. Then we take a dive into the politics of gentrification and discuss the “Minneapolis miracle.”

For more on how the Democrats turned popular fear of white supremacist violence into more state executions of mainly poor black men, see Brian’s article “Militia Madness”

Check out this collection of population charts for a selection of Midwest cities here

Read the UM report on gentrification in South Minneapolis here

Also, read a collection of articles on gentrification and the murder of George Floyd here

For more on the construction of the Minneapolis greenway, see Melody Hoffman’s Bike Lanes are White Lanes