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Erasing Communities: How Progress Displaced the Playeros of Ponce

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Published: May 23, 2025 17:36

In a previous blog (The Port that Transformed Barrio Playa’s Shoreline),I examined the physical transformation of Barrio Playa, Ponce, through a hydrocolonial lens. The discussion attempts to illuminate how U.S. colonial expansion and port development…

New Reports: Land Value Taxes in College Towns

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Published: May 16, 2025 21:10

Case studies from South Bend and Princeton examine the impact of shifting taxes from buildings to land. The shift would drive development, promote equity, and capture community value. In the past month, the Center for Land Economics (CLE) and Progress and…

The Port that Transformed Barrio Playa’s Shoreline

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Published: May 15, 2025 16:12

The shipping cranes and cargo terminal at Puerto Rico’s Port of Ponce are linked to a powerful, official discourse that can be traced across a century. Less visible is the dispossession required to create port infrastructure, dispossession that is largely…