dispossession
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An "eco-city", a mining complex, and a massive project to grow food and fuel are all part of an Indonesian growth drive that activists allege is causing deforestation and dispossession.
From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025
The draft communique says a majority of member states “share common historical experiences in relation to this abhorrent trade, chattel enslavement, the debilitation and dispossession of indigenous people”.
From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024
That double punch has left Black homeowners more prone to falling behind on their taxes and, ultimately, to dispossession.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2024
One in which a sense of displacement and dispossession is driven by a lost cultural advantage.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 21, 2024
And this view of things was connected to the fear that passed through the generations, to the sense of dispossession.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Excerpts from "An African Voice"
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