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The Weekly Wrap: This Mayor Launched A New Group To Help U.S. Small Towns...
(Photo by Derek Zhang / Unsplash) Welcome back to The Weekly Wrap, our Friday roundup of stories that explain the problems oppressing people in cities and elevate the solutions that bring us closer to...
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US Communities Are Organizing To End Complicity With Genocide in Their Backyards
Garden Grove residents mobilize to demand accountability from GKN Aerospace on July 28. (Palestinian Youth Movement – LA, OC, IE) This article was originally published on Waging Nonviolence. Dwight...
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This Harlem Nonprofit Transformed a Community
Sponsored content from Surdna Foundation. Sponsored content policy In Harlem, transformation is palpable. Where there were once boarded-up storefronts, there is now a cluster of lively businesses that...
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These Residences Are Housing At-Risk and Homeless College Students
Nikya Harrell, 24, used Dax Program housing in Chicago before she moved into her own apartment. Harrell stands outside the newest Dax residence on Sept. 24, 2026 in Denver. (Jason Gonzales /...
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‘The Goal Is Healing’: Confronting Community Erasure in the Blank Slate...
Illustration by Joe Williams (Waȟpethuŋwaŋ Dakota) / (Courtesy of ThirdSpace Action Lab) Sponsored content from The People’s Practice. Sponsored content policy In 1960, Robert P. Madison designed the...
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To Protect Little Tokyo’s Legacy Businesses, Activists Are Buying Its Buildings
The Little Tokyo neighborhood in Los Angeles. (Photo by Looka Chow / Unsplash) There are so many reasons for people to love LA’s Little Tokyo. There’s the Japanese American Cultural and Community...
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The Weekly Wrap: HUD Goes After Wells Fargo For Black Homeownership Programs
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Fighting Food Deserts After Cyclospora
Designed as a food oasis in an area with few supermarkets, G&C Meat Market stocks a range of quick snacks but also serves fresh produce, including mustard greens and lettuce. Here, cashier Adriona...
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LA’s Housing Policy Makes Affordable Development ‘Much More Straightforward’
Galina Kim (left), vice president of Closings and Construction Loan Management at BlueHub Loan Fund, joins Terry Harris (center left) of Visionary Developments and other partners to celebrate the...
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Fixing the Housing Crisis Requires Cities To Repair Older Homes. Here’s How...
A worker replaces a hail-damaged roof on a home Monday, June 22, 2026, in Overland Park, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Although the political obstacles are daunting, the time is ripe to build a...
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Portland’s Violence Interrupters Struggle To Keep a Steady Foothold
(Illustration by Tara Anand / Bolts) This story originally appeared in Bolts and is republished with permission. In 2020, when Fernando was shot twice in the street outside the old Portland Meadows...
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Detroit’s Seniors Joined a Time Bank For Help. They Became Its Biggest Helpers.
Time bank members helping fix a senior's porch in Southwest Detroit. (Photo courtesy of Unity in Our Community TimeBank) “It is easier to pick up a phone and get a ride to the airport than ask your...
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These Tenants Got Rid of Negligent Landlords. Now They Want to Own Their...
Tenants at the sale of the apartment buildings. (Photo Courtesy of Urban Homesteading Assistance Board) In New York City, the Community Opportunity to Purchase (COPA) bill is being presented for the...
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Where Did All of Your City’s Public Bathrooms Go?
History professor Bryant Simon is the author of the new book, For Customers Only: Public Bathrooms and the Making of American Inequality. (Photo by Joseph Labolito / Temple University) Once upon a...
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The Weekly Wrap: CDFI Fund Proposes Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Minority...
The seal of the Treasury Department is pictured before Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent arrives to speak at a news conference, Monday, Aug. 24, 2026, at the Treasury Department in Washington. (Photo...
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Memphis Home Repair Programs Are Struggling To Keep Up With Seniors’ Needs
Ms. Carolyn sits for a portrait in the living room of her home. (Photo by Kevin Wurm / MLK50 / CatchLight Local / Report For America) This story was produced by MLK50: Justice Through Journalism as...
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Will the ROAD to Housing Act Actually Boost America’s Housing Supply?
(Photo by Avel Chuklanov / Unsplash) This story was co-published in collaboration with Shelterforce, the only independent, non-academic publication covering the worlds of affordable housing, community...
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How Cities Can Build More Housing Without Destroying the Boreal Forest
(Photo by Annie Spratt / Unsplash) For a nation in the grip of a housing affordability crisis, the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act — the first major overhaul of housing legislation in more...
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An Indigenous Fashion Show Marks a New Chapter for NYC’s Urban Natives
The second annual Indigenous New York Fashion Week featured 30 Indigenous designers and 120 Indigenous models, as well as all Indigenous-led hair, makeup and production teams. (Photos by Oscar Perry...
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Providence Will Vote on a First-Of-Its-Kind Divestment Initiative in November
Activists hang a placard from a window of an upper floor of a building at Rhode Island School of Design, Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in Providence, Rhode Island. Students and supporters, who had taken over...
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