Housing in Brief: Detroit Will Provide Free Legal Help to Renters Facing...
(Photo by Amarnath / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) Right to Counsel Passes in Detroit On May 10, Detroit’s City Council approved a law providing free legal aid to low-income Detroiters facing eviction, according...
View ArticleEconomics in Brief: Capitol Hill Staffers Win the Right to Unionize
(Photo by Kevin Harber / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) House of Representatives Votes to Give Their Staff the Right to Unionize The House of Representatives has voted in favor of providing staffers with...
View ArticleBaby Cafés Are Pairing Community With Expertise to Help Parents Breastfeed
(Photo by Wes Hicks) When Amanda, a Boston-area mom, had her first child in December of 2017, the pregnancy and birth were flawless. So it was a surprise to her that breastfeeding — something she knew...
View ArticleL.A. Jobs Program Creates Opportunities for Employment, Stability After...
(Photo courtesy of Playa Vista Jobs) In the early months of COVID-19, unemployment in the U.S. soared to over 14%, and some experts feared it would grow even closer to Great Depression highs of about...
View ArticleThe Chicago Neighborhood That Will Generate Its Own Energy
A mural painted onto the sides of the microgrid’s battery box features prominent Black leaders from the neighborhood. (Credit: ComEd) Take a stroll around Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood on a...
View ArticleWhat the New Faces at the Fed Mean for Inequality in Cities
Lisa Cook (left) and Philip Jefferson (right), new members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, at the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Thursday, Feb....
View ArticlePhilly’s No More Secrets Just Launched a Mobile Menstrual Health Clinic
The SPOT on the Go! is No More Secrets’ newly launched mobile menstrual health clinic. (Photo courtesy of No More Secrets) Since 2012, No More Secrets has been working to combat period poverty across...
View ArticleCalifornia City Is Giving Nine Parks a Serious Upgrade
Hawthorne residents enjoy the new Bicentennial (Photo by Annie Bang, Courtesy of Trust for Public Land) By July 2023, a dull, grassy, unduerused lot on Kornblum Avenue in Hawthorne, California, is...
View ArticleAs We Move Through the Pandemic, Here’s How to Fill Vacant Storefronts
(Credit: shaunl/iStock photo) One of the most visible scourges of the COVID-19 pandemic is the vacant storefronts in downtown business districts throughout the United States. Our downtowns had...
View ArticleHousing in Brief: The Biden Administration Has a Plan to Boost Housing
Construction on an 11-story, 166-apartment building is underway in Queens. (Photo by Jim Griffin) Biden Administration Will Use Executive Action To Boost Housing Construction The White House released...
View ArticleFor At-Risk Youth in Philadelphia, ‘Rapid Rehousing’ Is Anything But
(Illustration by Dylan B. Caleho) EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of the “Our Kids” reporting project. Our Kids is a project of the Broke in Philly reporting collaborative that examines the...
View ArticleAlbum Offers Today’s Hits — Sung in Cherokee
Singer and guitarist Agalisiga Mackey (center), one of the artists featured on up upcoming album Anvdvnelisgi, sings Bob Dylan’s “I Shall Be Released” in the Cherokee language at the opening of the...
View ArticleEconomics in Brief: U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Scores Another Win in the Equal...
The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team stands for the National Anthem with young soccer players in 2019. (Photo by Lorie Shaull / CC BY 2.0) U.S. Women’s Soccer Players Win Again, But This Time for...
View ArticleMinneapolis Rolls Out Guaranteed Income Pilot Program
(Photo by a.canvas.of.light / CC BY 2.0) The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a financial toll on millions of American families, including job losses and reduced or lost income. The city of Minneapolis is...
View ArticleAmerica’s Most Influential Protest Art Was Quietly Removed. Here’s What...
A man plays music on the Robert E. Lee statue's pedestal in 2020. The pedestal had become a site for art and protest before it was removed in late 2021. (Photo by Ronnie Pitman / CC BY-NC 2.0) In...
View ArticleA Nashville Night Market Creates Opportunity for Black Communities
The Nashville Black Market has created a space for Black entrepreneurs to get exposure from the community to sell a wide range of products. (Photo by Evan Lee Harney) It’s Friday night, and the...
View ArticleBoston Neighborhood Finally Gets the Business It Wants - And Invests in It Too
The historic former Ferdinand Furniture store building in Boston (Photo by Oscar Perry Abello) So many things could have gone wrong with the vacant storefront at the historic former Ferdinand...
View ArticleChicago Urban Farm Sows a New Legacy for Englewood Residents
(Photo by Melissa Legette) Chicago’s West Englewood residents face quite a few challenges. According to the Chicago Data Portal, 34.4% live below poverty, 35.9% over 16 are unemployed, 26% of adults...
View ArticleAdam Conover Ruins Car Culture
Adam Conover's TikTok about L.A.'s public transit went viral. (Credit: TruTV) Adam was waiting for his ride-share when he decided to make a TikTok. “So, something you guys might not know about me is...
View ArticleAs Absenteeism Skyrockets, Schools Get Creative About Luring Back Lost Students
A Boys and Girls Club of Buena Park staff member plays ball with a group of students. (Photo by Linda Jacobson) Sliding off their backpacks as they come through the front door of the local Boys and...
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