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2021 In Review: There Are Ways of Doing Things Differently When It Comes to...
Worker power was one of the main themes of The Bottom Line's reporting in 2021. (Photo by Oscar Perry Abello) At the very end of “Debt: The First 5,000 Years,” author David Graeber writes, “all these...
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New Philly Bike Racks Blend Form, Function, Fire Hydrant Access
Judging of the "Rack Em Up" bike rack competition in Philly. The AECOM prototype is visible in the foreground, followed by Team Sophon, followed by Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. (Photo courtesy...
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In At Least One City, Vision Zero Lives Up to Its Advance Billing
(Photo by Cherry Bream / CC BY-NC 2.0) Welcome to “The Mobile City,” our weekly roundup of noteworthy transportation developments. Austin Sees Crashes Fall, Thanks to Vision Zero Lately, news reports...
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Whatever Happened To…These 3 Wintry Solutions?
(Photo by Roozbeh Rokni / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) It’s chilly out there, so this week we’re taking a look at a handful of Next City stories that focus on how cities deal with the snow and ice. Read on —...
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2021 In Review: The Major Housing Stories of the Year
(Photo by Thomas Hawk / CC BY-NC 2.0) Looking at the past year, the story of housing wasn’t necessarily positive. In 2021, housing advocates were forced to spend much of their time fighting with city...
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Housing in Brief: Santa Monica Will Offer Housing to People Displaced by...
Construction of the 10 freeway tore through a then predominantly Black neighborhood. (Photo by Michael / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Santa Monica To Offer Affordable Housing To Communities Displaced By Highway...
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Next City’s Top 10 Stories of 2021
(PXHere/public domain) As we close the book on 2021, we’ve been running a ton of wrap-up stories, trying to make sense of the past year. It was a year of hope — vaccines! — and disappointment, as...
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‘Convenience Store Healthcare’ Is Expanding
(Photo by Christopher Boswell/Unsplash) Alison Lopez and her husband were driving in a suburb north of Tulsa, Oklahoma, when Lopez noticed her 3-year-old daughter had a blister on her finger that had...
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Maybe Commercial Rent Shouldn’t Be a Wedge Between Low-Income Housing and...
A December rally to save Casa Adela restaurant in New York City (Photo by Oscar Perry Abello) On an overcast Saturday in December, a crowd of 200 or so gathered in front of 66 Avenue C on Manhattan’s...
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To Get People the Help They Need from the Government, Postcards May Be the...
(Photo by sferrario1968/Pixabay) President Joe Biden’s comprehensive social safety net bill faces a tough road to passage. But if Democrats succeed in getting it through the Senate and Biden signs it,...
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How Community Design Advocates Can Be a Force for Design Justice
Colloqate Design's Storia project in New Orleans is, per the firm’s website, “aimed at providing a process and platform for communities and organizations to create spaces that honor their stories.”...
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Illinois Women’s Prison Offers a New Chance at a Degree
(Photo by Kranich17/Pixabay) Originally published by The 19th Prison education programs across the country have long overlooked incarcerated women, offering fewer courses and degree options....
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Seattle Affordable Housing Project Is Designed with Families in Mind
A rendering of Yesler Family Housing in Seattle (Credit: Mithun) Last May, construction kicked off on a Seattle housing project designed specifically for multigenerational working families — a...
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Housing in Brief: Colorado Had a Housing Shortage Before Marshall Fire
Snow covers the burned remains of homes on Mulberry Street in Louisville, Colo., after the Marshall Wildfire. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey) Colorado Affordable Housing Ideas Arrive in Aftermath of Fire On...
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Youth-Led Affordable Housing Offers Transition to Independence in Minneapolis
In the new PERIS Hill apartment building, 15 units are for youth between the ages of 18 and 21 who are exiting the foster care system. (Credit: Graves Foundation) Denise Graves, co-founder of the...
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Economics in Brief: Fees to Small Businesses Are Amazon’s Largest Revenue...
(Photo by rupixen/Pixabay) Amazon’s Largest Revenue Source? High Fees Charged to Small Businesses That Sell on the Platform, Report Finds In 2021, Amazon stood to collect about $121 billion just in...
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How St. Paul Became Home to Minnesota’s First Commercial Community Land Trust
(Photo by Tony Webster / CC BY 2.0) When I-94 sliced through St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood in the 1950s, it displaced Black families and Black-owned businesses that had been part of a thriving...
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New Evidence Suggests That Seattle’s Soda Tax Is Working — and It’s Working Well
(Photo by Franki Chamaki on Unsplash) Armed with three years of grocery shopping data, researchers found that total sugar sales are down by almost 20%, driven largely by falling soda purchases. Ever...
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One of These Fintechs Is Not Like the Others
Dora...like any other neobank's app on the outside, but on the inside...very different. (Photo by Oscar Perry Abello) With its slick, user-friendly, bilingual app interface, Dora could easily be...
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The Affirmative Action Housing Program No One is Discussing
1993 signing of the “Apology Resolution”, acknowledging the 100th anniversary of the illegal overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. The Resolution was co-sponsored by Senator Daniel Akaka, the first...
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