Media Appearances
“Philly judge makes $135,000 gaming city land sales” by Ryan W. Briggs, January 17, 2019. Plan Philly.
http://planphilly.com/articles/2019/01/17/philly-judge-makes-135-000-gaming-city-land-sales
“Philly housing costs rising faster for poor and middle class than for the wealthy” by Aaron Moselle, April 29, 2019. Plan Philly.
“Why Philly's councilmanic prerogative isn’t going away” by Ryan W. Briggs, May 16, 2019. Plan Philly.
http://planphilly.com/articles/2019/05/16/why-philly-s-councilmanic-prerogative-isn-t-going-away
“How City Council President Darrell Clarke stopped housing from rising on a vacant city lot and helped his landlord” by Ryan W. Briggs, June 10, 2019. Plan Philly.
“Just 1 week after bay window ban advances, a duplex ban moves forward” by Jake Blumgart, June 12, 2019. Plan Philly.
“Puff, Puff, Pass: Philly Council to debate banning hookah bars in most of the city” by Jake Blumgart and LaCandis Brown. September 10, 2019. Plan Philly.
“Philadelphia’s hookah bar crackdown” Produced by Annette John-Hall. September 10, 2019. The Why Podcast.
https://whyy.org/episodes/philadelphias-hookah-bar-crackdown/
“School Planning Review could transform District” by Dale Mezzacappa. December 3, 2019. The Notebook.
https://thenotebook.org/articles/2019/12/03/school-planning-process-could-transform-district/
“Equal Approach, Unequal Results at CSPR Public Meetings” by Bill Hangley, Jr. March 10, 2020. The Notebook.
https://thenotebook.org/articles/2020/03/10/equal-approach-unequal-results-at-cspr-public-meetings/
“As Black Lives Matter Protests Rage On, NY Real Estate Bleeds Blue” by Georgia Kromrei and Erin Hudson. June 5, 2020. The Real Deal.
“Racism and Cities” with Mabel O. Wilson and Bryan Lee. The Midnight Charette (podcast). June 23, 2020.
https://www.midnightcharette.com/podcasts-7/episode184-racism-and-cities
“Sixers’ $4B Arena Bid Vows 35k Jobs; Black and Brown Inclusion — Goals Similar Projects Failed to Meet” by Ryan Briggs. August 28, 2020. Plan Philly.
“Neighbors Recognize Plight of Parkway Homeless, but are Fed up with Trash, Needles, Nudity, and Human Waste” by Alfred Lubrano. The Philadelphia Inquirer. August 6, 2020.
“After Generations of Displacement and Evictions, a Philly Woman Reclaims a Place in the City” by Samantha Melamed. October 25, 2020. The Philadelphia Inquirer.
https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-tiny-homes-evictions-displacement-20201025.html
“Philly’s School District is Halting Reopenings. It Should Have Listened to Teachers Earlier” by Akira Drake Rodriguez and Erika Kitzmiller. November 11, 2020. The Philadelphia Inquirer.
“4 Ways the City Could Make the Winter of COVID More Livable” by David Murrell. January 16, 2021. PhillyMag.
https://www.phillymag.com/news/2021/01/16/philadelphia-winter-covid/
“Marginalized Spaces: A Discussion on Systemic Inequity” by Khali Raymond. March 1, 2021. CougarByte.
http://www.cougarsbyte.com/article/2021/03/marginalized-spaces-a-discussion-on-systematic-inequity
“City Council panel examines how to fund cleaning up environmental hazards in Philadelphia's public schools” by Erin Flynn Jay. March 3, 2021. The Philadelphia Tribune.
“Rep. Jamaal Bowman Sees Climate As The Next Big Education Push After COVID-19 Reopenings” by Alexander C. Kaufman. March 13, 2021. The Huffington Post.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jamaal-bowman-green-new-deal-schools_n_604c3494c5b6cf72d09661cb
“Episode 7: Dr. Akira Drake Rodriguez” Bending the Arc podcast with Mark L. Joseph. March 16, 2021. https://anchor.fm/bendingthearc/episodes/Episode-7-Dr--Akira-Drake-Rodriguez-esnohr/a-a4uvk5g
“The Case for PILOTs at Penn” GenderJawn Podcast with Maria E. Murphy. April 1, 2021.
https://genderjawn.libsyn.com/s1-e7-the-case-for-pilots-at-penn
“Why Schools Should Be the Center of a Green New Deal” by Dharna Noor. April 20, 2021. Gizmodo.
https://earther.gizmodo.com/why-schools-should-be-the-center-of-a-green-new-deal-1846670571
“Philly Neighborhoods are Fighting Over Development. A New Tool May Help” by Ken Steif, Akira Drake Rodriguez, and Sydney Goldstein. April 29, 2021. Plan Philly.
https://whyy.org/articles/philly-neighborhoods-are-fighting-over-development-a-new-tool-may-help/
“Tech Helps Planners Weigh Development, Historic Preservation” by Ben Levin and Josh Schact. May 28, 2021. MetroLab.
“Our Public School Infrastructure is Set up to Continue to Fail” by Akira Drake Rodriguez and Ariel H. Bierbaum. July 16, 2021. The Philadelphia Inquirer.
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/philadelphia-toxic-schools-infrastructure-20210716.html
“The Green New Deal for Public Schools Goes Way Beyond Classrooms” by Diana Budds. July 23, 2021. Curbed
https://www.curbed.com/2021/07/green-new-deal-for-public-schools-community-resilience-bowman.html
“Now is Our Chance to Rebuild U.S. Public Schools to Address Both Climate Change and Racial Inequality” by Akira Drake Rodriguez, Erika Kitzmiller, and Daniel Aldana Cohen. July 30, 2021. Time
https://time.com/6085517/green-new-deal-public-schools/
“The Link Between Educational Inequality and Infrastructure” by Erika Kitzmiller and Akira Drake Rodriguez. August 6, 2021. The Washington Post.
“Under Biden's new budget offer, 'Choice Neighborhood' grants for affordable housing could be expanded to more cities” Romina Ruiz. October 29, 2021. USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/10/29/choice-neighborhood-programs-expand-if-bidens-new-budget-deal-passes/8544055002/
“Philly has few affordable homes for multigenerational families. There are no plans to change that” Aaron Moselle. January 13, 2022. WHYY. https://whyy.org/articles/pha-has-few-homes-for-multigenerational-families-like-fairmount-fire-victims/
“As West Philly home values climb, Penn’s plan to invest in a second public school elicits displacement fears” Aaron Moselle. January 21, 2022. WHYY. https://whyy.org/articles/as-west-philly-home-values-climb-penns-plan-to-invest-in-a-second-public-school-elicits-displacement-fears/
“PHA is relocating residents to redevelop crumbling public housing towers. Most will never return.” Ellie Rushing and Ryan W. Briggs. February 3, 2022. The Philadelphia Inquirer. https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/pha-westpark-apartments-residents-relocate-20220203.html
“We have a lot to learn from teacher’s unions” Akira Drake Rodriguez and Erika Kitzmiller. February 10, 2022. The Philadelphia Inquirer. https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/teacher-union-covid-parents-lessons-20220210.html