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This Minneapolis Start Up Is Ending To-Go Container Waste
Nolan Singroy, Natasha Gaffer, and Nick Krumholz (Photo courtesy Forever Ware) Imagine that it’s dinner time and you’re ordering takeout from your favorite restaurant. You place the order, and a few...
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Tulsa’s First Nonprofit Food Hall Blazing a New Trail on an Old Road
Sharlyn Pierce (Photo courtesy Mother Road Market) Sharlyn Pierce first toured Mother Road Market in February 2021. Constructed in 1939, the building started out as a grocery distribution warehouse,...
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It’s Not Easy to Convert Diesel Buses to Electric — But Some Cities Are Doing...
This looks like a perfectly normal bus, but it's actually an electric bus that used to run on diesel fuel. Portland's TriMet had it converted at a cost less than buying new. (Photo courtesy TriMet)...
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This Puerto Rican Farm-to-Fork App Is Creating Sustainable Food Systems
(Courtesy PRoduce) Right after tropical storm Isaías hit Puerto Rico in July 2020, Crystal Díaz had to move plantains on the Island. And fast. She says half of the plantain producers on the Island...
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How Freeways Tore Apart Black and Brown Communities (Again), By the Numbers
(Photo by Bala Maniymaran / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Welcome to “The Mobile City,” our weekly roundup of newsworthy transportation developments. Feature Takes Deep Dive into 30 Years of Community Destruction...
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Community Lenders Get Their Slice of the PPP Pie
(Photo by Fabian Blank on Unsplash) Burger chain Shake Shack. Ruth’s Hospitality Group, the owner of the famous Ruth’s Steak House. Ashford Hospitality Trust, an investor in upscale communities. What...
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NYC Needs More Supportive Housing. Eric Adams Wants to Build It. Can He?
A view of the Blue Moon Hotel in Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City on January 9, 2021. The city planned to purchase this hotel to convert to an emergency homeless shelter, but neighbor...
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Housing in Brief: New York Advocates Put Pressure on Kathy Hochul
Housing rights activists rallied at Hudson Yards to launch the House NY campaign calling on legislators to enact real long-term solutions to the COVID-19 housing crisis. (Photo by Karla Cote / SOPA...
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How a Juice Bar Can Become a Beacon of Wellness in Detroit
Carlos Lopez prepares a fresh mangonada at The Michigan Squeeze Station in Detroit. (Photo by Serena Maria Daniels) Drive down Michigan Avenue on Detroit’s southwest side and you’re inundated with...
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Hear Us: A National Tenants’ Bill of Rights Is Foundational for Race Equity
(Illustration by sam scipio) EDITOR’S NOTE: “Hear Us” is a column series that features experts of color and their insights on issues related to the economy and racial justice. Follow us here and at...
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Economics in Brief: Government Underestimated Job Growth by 626,000 Over Four...
(Photo by Brenda Gottsabend / CC BY-NC 2.0) Government Underestimated Job Growth by 626,000 Over Four Months The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) underreported significant job growth over the summer,...
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People Power Stopping Flooding in New Orleans
A planter box designed to capture stormwater at the Treme Center (Photo courtesy Water Wise) This fall, at the intersection of Saint Bernard Avenue and North Claiborne in New Orleans’ 7th Ward,...
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In Seattle, Somali Entrepreneurs Build a Mall of Their Own
(Photo courtesy SeaTac International Mall) Somali people have been entering the U.S. since the 1970s, but the exodus from the tiny East African country gained steam as millions fled the 1991 Civil...
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Black Credit Unions Coming Out of the Pandemic Stronger Than Before
IV Purpose ("For Purpose"), a new Black-owned sports bar and restaurant in Brooklyn (Photo by Oscar Perry Abello) There’s an 86-inch flat screen TV facing out the big front window toward the outdoor...
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Atlanta’s Night Mayor Will Govern More Than Parties
(Photo by Marcela Laskoski on Unsplash) In a span of three months, four people on e-scooters were killed by a vehicle — all but one at night. That’s when Atlanta took action. The mayor enacted a...
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No Garden? No Problem — This Upstate NY Farm Brings the Garden to You
Meadow Braun and her family after getting her raised bed installed by Soul Fire in the City (Photo courtesy Soul Fire Farm) Meadow Braun, a clinical health manager in Albany, felt like she was about...
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San Francisco Rolls Out E-Scooter Program that Accommodates People with...
(Photo courtesy Bird) Electric scooters are making their way into cities across America. However, most e-scooters on the market now can’t accommodate people with disabilities. To solve the problem,...
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USDOT Reveals How It’s Handing Out Infrastructure Money to the States
(Photo by bradlee9119 / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Welcome to “The Mobile City,” our weekly roundup of noteworthy transportation developments. USDOT Fact Sheets Reveal How States Will Benefit from Increased...
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How Cities Are Addressing Mental Distress
Photo by Finn on Unsplash The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated existing trauma and mental health issues in vulnerable populations across the country. But the ubiquity of those issues—and the spotlight...
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Guaranteed Income Programs Taking Off Across the U.S.
(Lyndon Stratford/iStockPhoto) Over the past few years, the conversation around universal basic income — now often called guaranteed income — has shifted. This year, at the passage of President...
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