The Thinkers Report
- Goal Setting & Work in 2026We’ve updated how we work combining our meetings and work products to improve how we keep people informed. On our website, HoodResearch.org, we now show our goals and active work areas. This replaces the topics we used to track as trending. Trending topics will be part of our newsletter, The Thinkers Report.
- Detroit Leland House a Model of GentrificationThe Leland House in Detroit is currently vacant and closed to the public. Detroit officials filed a lawsuit against the owners, describing the historic 20-story building as a “death trap.” The ownership group, Leland House LLC, argued but the courts found their efforts insufficient. The building remains in a state of legal and physical limbo. Tenants were… Read more: Detroit Leland House a Model of Gentrification
- Younger Generations Don’t Know Their History and It’s Hurting the MovementAngela Rye has a message for young people: the Montgomery bus boycotts did not happen in a day; political movements are more than a weekend’s worth of protest. Guest host Roland Martin echoes her sentiment: older generations made deposits into the Black Bank of Justice that younger generations have been withdrawing from. If they don’t… Read more: Younger Generations Don’t Know Their History and It’s Hurting the Movement
- No More Female 4-Stars: Franchetti Firing Leaves Top Ranks Filled by MenFranchetti’s firing has left the military without a single woman in a four-star general or admiral leadership position, as women in top positions are already a rarity across the services, and many female officers say that they’re concerned that the ouster will have far-reaching consequences. (Full Story)
- Alabama Republicans refuse to draw a second Black congressional district in defiance of Supreme CourtThe GOP-controlled Legislature had called a special session to redraw an earlier map after the Supreme Court reaffirmed a federal court order to include two districts where Black voters make up voting-age majorities, “or something quite close to it.” But on Friday, state Republicans approved a new map with just one majority-Black seat and a… Read more: Alabama Republicans refuse to draw a second Black congressional district in defiance of Supreme Court
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