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The Orange County School Board should provide a full public accounting of Hungerford’s land, the money connected to it and the educational purpose behind its transfer.
By Julian Johnson · Published 2026-10-04 · 4 min read
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Every new plan for the Hungerford property comes with a picture of Eatonville's future. Before anybody tells this town what can go on its land, there is a question that comes first: what does justice look like?
By Julian Johnson · Published 2026-09-17 · 14 min read
Opinion · Opinion
What's happening with the flooding, HostDime, the proposed museum, and the remaining Hungerford land isn't a handful of separate issues. It's what happens when a Black town loses control of the institutions and land that once made it independent.
By Julian Johnson · Published 2026-08-29 · 16 min read
Opinion · Opinion
Orange County Public Schools cannot spend generations controlling Hungerford, watch the school disappear and the land shrink, then point to the community left behind as proof that we cannot control our own future.
By Julian Johnson · Published 2026-08-22 · 12 min read
Opinion · Opinion
Before another acre changes hands, let's find out how much. The Battle for the Negro Land & Mind — Founders Day 2026.
By Julian Johnson · Published 2026-08-15 · 14 min read
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