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Parents Need Help Driving Their Kids. This Mom Has an App for That
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Economics in Brief: Uber Strikes Deal With NYC Cabs to Improve User Experience
(Photo by Stefano Corso/CC BY-NC 2.0) Uber Strikes Deal With NYC Cabs to Improve User Experience New Yorkers will soon be able to hail a cab through the Uber app. In a rare collaboration with their...
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Using a Land Trust to Right Interstate Wrongs in the Twin Cities
A new vision for a greener neighborhood. (Photo courtesy of Our Streets Minneapolis; rendering by Toole Design Group) Separated by the waters of the Mississippi River, roughly 164,000 vehicles...
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How Detroit Artists Are Shaping Their City and Being Shaped by It
(Photo: JP Leong, Urban Consulate) Sponsored content from Urban Consulate. Sponsored content policy “Cities are a massive physical manifestation of art,” says Detroit artist and urban planner India...
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Camden, Newark & Baltimore Lead in Building Equitable Access to Urban...
Trees planted along Royden Street in Camden, N.J in 2017 have greened up the neighborhood. (Photo courtesy of Planet Detroit) Sheila Roberts recalls walking through Cooper Plaza, the Camden, N.J....
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Cultivating Trees and a Juster Future in San Francisco
Volunteer planting leader Barry Williams greets volunteers at a Friends of the Urban Forest-led tree planting in San Francisco's Portola neighborhood. (Photo courtesy of Friends of the Urban Forest)...
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A Recipe to Build Accessible Space for Food Businesses in a Redlined...
(Photo by Karen Gowen for CommonWealth Kitchen) When Jen Faigel finally held that $2.5 million check for a loan from the City of Boston in her hands, it symbolized so much more to her than its face...
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At These Health Centers, a Physical Comes With Housing Resources
(RawPixel) The barriers that low-income individuals, people from underrepresented groups, and those without health insurance face when it comes to accessing healthcare have been well documented. For...
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City Leaders Look to Prisoners for Answers to Violence
(Photo by SeongPhil Jang on Unsplash) Thousands of people experience youth violence every day. Poverty, peer pressure, family environment and social media all contribute to the crisis. In many...
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Meet the Black Women Behind the New Digital Startups Aimed at Reducing Health...
A woman receives a physical the DayBreak Community Health Center in Houston, Texas. (Photo Greg Smith/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) The trip from Sacramento to Oakland, California, is an hour and a...
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Hear Us: The Climate Crisis Demands Race-Intentional Co-Governance
Texas Organizing Project (TOP) staff and members hold a community meeting in Houston in June 2018 to provide residents with an opportunity to give input on how Harvey recovery funds should be invested...
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Places of Worship Tackle the Affordable Housing Shortage
The vision for the new housing complex on the site of the Southeast Tabernacle Baptist Church. (Photo courtesy of the S.E. Tabernacle Baptist Church) The 90-year-old Southeast Tabernacle Baptist...
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Housing Briefs: NYC Mayor Announces Encampment Sweeps
The night before an encampment cleanup. (Photo by Rodney Choice/Street Sense Media (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)) NYC Mayor Announces Encampment Sweeps Despite Lack of Past Success NYC Mayor Eric Adams announced...
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Sponsored: City Parks Alliance Focuses on Greater & Greener Equity
(Photo by Zach Lucero/Unsplash) Sponsored content from City Parks Alliance. Sponsored content policy This year, I’m especially looking forward to meeting colleagues and friends, both new and old, at...
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The E-Trike Armada Propelling a Net-Zero Dream
Postal courier Oliver Obernier uses an e-trike to deliver mail in Hamburg’s HafenCity, an historic harborside neighborhood set alongside the River Elbe. (Photo courtesy of Deutsche Post) Oliver...
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Economics in Brief: California Will Give Reparations to Descendants of Slaves
A Juneteenth rally for social justice in Oakland (Photo by Peg Hunter (CC BY-NC 2.0)) Historic California Vote to Provide Reparations Only for Descendants of Slaves California’s reparations task force...
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The Next Frontier in Medicine: Doctors With Climate Training
(Photo by Luis Angel Garcia/Shutterstock) Emory Medical School’s administration is making climate change a formal part of its curriculum. It’s the culmination of several years of student-led efforts...
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Baltimore Accelerator Will Focus on Black and Latina Women
(Photo by Adam Moss / CC BY-SA 2.0) Last year, Black homeownership hit its lowest rates since the 1960s. Meanwhile, the disparities in the real estate industry itself are also significant, with only...
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Bringing Community Power to the Mostly Hidden World of Donor-Advised Funds
"Fidelity Investments" sign at the entrance of the company's investor center on the riverfront in Chicago (Photo by Marco Verch (CC BY 2.0)) Lem White wants to “blow up” the donor-advised fund model....
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The Secret Behind Wichita’s Success With Emergency Housing Vouchers
Joseph “J.W.” Harris received an emergency housing voucher in August 2021, which helped him transition out of homelessness and into an apartment complex on North Topeka Avenue. (Photo by Alex...
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