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The Rich American Legacy of Shared Housing
A visual journalist remembers a time when "housing was more flexible, fluid and communal than it is today.”
by
Ariel Aberg-Riger
via
CityLab
on
May 2, 2023
‘I Became a Jailer’: The Origins of American Immigrant Detention
The massive U.S. apparatus for holding immigrants has a long American tradition.
by
Ariel Aberg-Riger
,
Tanvi Misra
via
CityLab
on
July 20, 2021
‘Solidarity, Not Charity’: A Visual History of Mutual Aid
Tens of thousands of mutual aid networks and projects emerged around the world in 2020. They have long been a tool for marginalized groups.
by
Ariel Aberg-Riger
via
CityLab
on
December 22, 2020
The Surprising History of Americans Sharing Books
A visual exploration of how a critical piece of social infrastructure came to be.
by
Ariel Aberg-Riger
via
CityLab
on
February 19, 2019
What Is Loitering, Really?
America’s laws against lingering have roots in Medieval England. The goal has always been to keep anyone “out of place” away.
by
Ariel Aberg-Riger
via
CityLab
on
May 21, 2018
'The City Needed Them Out'
When wealthy New Yorkers decided to build Central Park, they eliminated an egalitarian community known as Seneca Village.
by
Ariel Aberg-Riger
via
CityLab
on
October 2, 2017
Book
America Redux
: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History
Ariel Aberg-Riger
2023