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Tariff Whiplash and HUD Cuts Will Cripple Affordable Housing Development
(Photo by Raul Petri / Unsplash) President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on foreign goods have affordable housing developers staring down the barrel of a gun. Not only have existing tariffs on...
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A Chicago Community Group Is Advancing EVs, Despite Federal Setbacks
The Bronzeville Community Development Partnership’s new headquarters, center, at 2416 S. Michigan Ave. in Chicago. (Photo by Lloyd DeGrane / Canary Media) This story was originally published by Canary...
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Trump’s HUD Cuts Are Gutting Protections Against Housing Discrimination
(Photo by Curated Lifestyle / Unsplash) This story was published in collaboration with Shelterforce, the only independent, non-academic publication covering the worlds of affordable housing, community...
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‘At the Gates of Hell’: Revisiting an NYC Nurse’s Pandemic Journal, Five...
Patricia Tiu, a nurse working during the height of the pandemic, stands in Dumbo, Brooklyn. (Photo by Kristian Tiu) Patricia Tiu, a nurse, is the Queens-born daughter of immigrants from the...
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The Weekly Wrap: A Rush To Save the Department of Education
(Photo by Unsplash+ / Getty Images) 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...
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Temporary Urbanism Is About Survival
The Teatro de Contêiner Mungunzá in Luz neighborhood, São Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Lauren Andres) Coping and survival mechanisms materializing in temporary and adaptable ways of using urban spaces are...
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Clean Air Is One of America’s Best Investments. EPA Deregulation Ignores That.
(Photo by Brandon DesJarlais / Unsplash) This op-ed was originally published by The Conversation. The Trump administration announced on March 12, that it is “reconsidering” more than 30 air pollution...
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A St. Paul CDFI Is Now Offering Net Zero Banking. Here’s How It Works.
Laura Wildenborg walks into Sunrise Bank, a CDFI in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Photo courtesy Sunrise Bank) Once an outdoor educator, Laura Wildenborg spent 10 years taking kids on field trips to go rock...
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The Hard-Fought Battle To Bring Women Into Construction Jobs Could Be Lost...
(Photo by Robby Brown + Sundt Construction) This story was originally published by The 19th. For decades, women have worked diligently to carve out a space in the construction workforce, where...
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Cities Have a Public Bathroom Crisis. Are Smart, Portable Bathrooms the Way...
A free public bathroom installed by startup Throne. (Photo courtesy Throne) Gerardo Valerio had been looking for a bathroom in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo neighborhood for 20 minutes when he stumbled...
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NYC Is a Rare Local Agency Tallying Foster Youth on Psychotropics
(Illustration by Christine Ongjoco / The Imprint) This story was co-published with The Imprint, a national nonprofit news outlet covering child welfare and youth justice, as part of its series...
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The Weekly Wrap: Groups Sue To Prevent IRS From Disclosing Data to ICE
(Photo by Getty Images / 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...
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Trump Admin Targets Key Policy for Closing Gaps in Access to Home Loans and More
(Illustration by Katelyn Perry / Unsplash+) The Trump administration is taking aim at a little-known but powerful provision that allows banks and other lenders to address historic disparities in...
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This Land Bank Is Buying Property To Protect Altadena From Displacement By...
An Altadena Not for Sale sign at a burned home at 100 W. Las Flores Dr. during the Eaton Canyon fire, Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Altadena, California. (Kirby Lee / AP) On the evening of Jan. 7, the...
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We’ve Cracked the Code on Veteran Homelessness. We Can Solve Homelessness the...
A regional working group in Rockford, Illinois, that helped achieve functional zero for veteran homelessness in the city. (Photo via Community Solutions) Brand new federal data shows that homelessness...
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How Bridge-Building Transformed a South Philly Immigrant Market
There are a dozen immigrant food vendors serving up fresh cut fruit, pupusas, tacos, sandwiches and more on Sundays at FDR Park in South Philly. (Photos courtesy Alvaro Drake-Cortés) Early on Sundays...
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9 Reasons Why You Should Apply for Vanguard Philadelphia
Scenes from the 2024 Vanguard in Lexington, Kentucky. (Photos by Scott Hayes) The next stop for Vanguard, Next City’s annual experiential gathering for urban leaders, is Philadelphia. The conference...
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Federal Downsizing Is Bad News for Land Banks. These Banks Could Be a Model...
(Photo via Cuyahoga Land Bank / YouTube) Over the last 15 years, the Cuyahoga Land Bank in Cuyahoga County, Ohio has generated more than $3.6 billion in economic impact by repurposing 14,000 blighted...
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Beyond the Garage: How Important Are Spaces to Business Creation?
(Photo by Helena Lopes / Unsplash) This op-ed was originally published by The Conversation. There is an enduring myth that many technological innovations have come out of garages, bedrooms and...
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D.C.’s Blackness Made It a Cultural Capital. Now It’s a Political Target.
(Photo by Getty Images / Unsplash+) Washington, D.C. has always been the embodiment of Black culture in the U.S. But now the District of Columbia is in danger. These two facts are not unrelated. D.C....
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