Here you can learn more about the national context of eminent domain and new instances of its use.

• Black Lives Matter, Eminent Domain, Urban Renewal, and creating poor neighborhoods: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx confronts legacy of interstate building and destruction of urban neighborhoods in speech this week. Not only did urban interstates displace low-income and working-class residents, but they created low-income, communities of color that are now decades old.
  
  • Top Infrastructure Official Explains How America Used Highways To Destroy Black Neighborhoods Think Progress