Stories by Derek Hyra

Derek Hyra is the founding director of the Metropolitan Policy Center in the School of Public Affairs at American University. He is the author of a forthcoming book on Shaw/U Street, Making the Gilded Ghetto: Race, Class and Politics in the Cappuccino City, which addresses micro-level segregation and political and cultural displacement in redeveloping neighborhoods. He also has articles on this topic appearing in two premier scholarly journals, Urban Studies and Housing Policy Debate.