Whites are the majority now, accounting for 55 percent of the community

His book this year, Race, Class, and Politics in the Cappuccino City, is the result of his many years of field research on the issuesThe Wharf residential and business project I visited recently is probably one of the biggest

The U Street/Shaw and 14th Street area has fast been turned into an upscale neighborhood in recent years, with many new restaurants and shops opening and new apartment constructionThe area, a 90 percent black neighborhood just a few decades ago, was only 30 percent African American by 2010To Hyra, it has caused not just residential displacement for African Americans but also political and cultural displacement

He saw major issues of gentrification and segregation in Washington beneath the surface of rapid urban renewalThese changes may look pleasant, but not quite so to Derek Hyra, an associate professor at the American University School of Public Affairs and an expert on neighborhood change

The 14th Street near U Street, a traditional African American neighborhood, is now lined up with hip restaurants and bars in this photo taken on Sunday

Whites are the majority now, accounting for 55 percent of the communityThe ROK's military said it conducted a live-fire drill by mobilizing Hyunmoo-2A ballistic missiles about six minutes after the DPRK's missile launch

Hua also said it is "irresponsible" to blame Beijing for regional tensions after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called on China to use the "powerful tool" of oil to persuade Pyongyang to reconsider its "current path"In the longest flight for a DPRK missile, it reached an altitude of about 770 kilometers and flew for about 19 minutes over a distance of about 3,700 km, according to the Republic of Korea's military — far enough to reach the US territory of Guam, Reuters reported

"However, whatever China does will not fundamentally solve the issue," he saidThe initiators of trouble should end it," she said

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