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Apartheid by Another Name: How Zoning Regulations Perpetuate Segregation
An “All Are Welcome” yard sign next to a yard sign opposing zoning liberalization in Austin, the irony apparently lost on the homeowner. (Photo by M. Nolan Gray) EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is an...
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The Twin Cities Group Reclaiming Lacrosse’s Native Roots
Since beginning in 2014, Twin Cities Native Lacrosse has brought together players aged 4 to 64 from roughly 40 different tribes. (Photo by Ivy Vaino) From youth leagues to university teams, lacrosse...
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Hear Us: America Runs on Black Labor
(FG Trade/iStock Photo) 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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How Wall Street Took Banking Away From Main Street
(Photo courtesy U.S. Government Accountability Office) The summer of 2009 was just breaking on Lev Menand’s first day of work at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. There was a cool breeze blowing...
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How the Cuyahoga River Got Its Otters Back
Looking at "Collision Bend" in the Cuyahoga River in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, on August 22, 2015. (Photo by Tim Evanson via Creative Commons) As a kid, Mike Johnson was warned not to go into the...
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A Community Art Project Turns the Lens Back on Government Surveillance
(Image courtesy of the Inverse Surveillance Project) For filmmaker Assia Boundaoui’s mostly-Arab American neighborhood in Bridgeview, Illinois, her feature-length 2017 documentary “The Feeling of...
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How Cities Are Cutting Meat Consumption to Help Meet Climate Goals
(Credit: USDA photo by Lance Cheung via Flickr) The United States must cut back on its meat consumption in order to meet its climate goals. Meat and dairy account for nearly 15 percent of global...
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Housing in Brief: Landlords Are Raising Utility Bills To Get Around St....
Homes along Nina Street in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Photo by Kathleen Tyler Conklin / CC BY 2.0) Tennessee Law Criminalizing Unsheltered Homelessness Takes Effect A Tennessee law targeting unhoused...
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Evanston’s First “Reparations” Payments Have Gone Out. Here’s How It Was Spent.
Evanston, Illinois. Ramona Burton bought her house, a three-bedroom ranch style home in Evanston, Illinois, 46 years ago. When her husband died, she finished paying off the mortgage with his savings....
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Hear Us: Reproductive Justice for All Means Centering Black Women
(Delmaine Donson/iStock Photo) 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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‘Farmers Without a Farm’: Latino Immigrants Are Putting Down Roots With Urban...
Juana Sánchez, a Salvadoran immigrant, oversees the Our Garden / Nuestro Jardín site of the nonprofit organization Eastie Farm in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston, Mass. on June 1, 2022. (Photo...
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For Kashmir’s Local Artisans, a ‘Craft Safari’ Offers a Lifeline
Srinagar artisans engaged in sozni work, a uniquely Kashmiri style of embroidery, on shawls. (Photo by Bilal Hussain) Kashmir is known globally not only for its rugged natural beauty, but for its rich...
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Economics in Brief: Minimum Wage Hikes Will Affect Millions of Workers
(Photo by Clay Banks/Unsplash) Minimum Wage Increases in Over 20 Municipalities The federal minimum wage hasn’t seen an increase in nearly 13 years. But beginning this month, the lowest-paid workers...
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Facing an Energy Crisis, a Syrian Engineer Designed Electric Tuk-Tuks
Ghassan Al-Mohammed, one of two drivers working on the tuk-tuks, answers a Deir el-Zour resident’s questions on the fare before he hops on the vehicle. (Photo by Safaa Sallal) One January morning,...
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How Katowice, Poland Went From Coal City to Culture And Conference Hub
The Spodek arena in Katowice, Poland. (Photo by Szymon Fischer/Unsplash) “When I first came to Katowice in 1991, it was one of the most polluted cities in Europe,” remembers Jean-Christophe Adrian,...
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After The Supreme Court Ruling, Here’s How Cities Can Lead the Fight Against...
Cleveland is working to adopt the 15-minute city model, one of several steps cities around the U.S. can still take to fight climate change and curb emissions. (Photo by DJ Johnson/Unsplash) The...
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How Denver Is Working to Make Its Cannabis Economy More Equitable
(Photo by Clear Cannabis/Unsplash) In 2016, Denver resident Sarah Woodson decided she was going full force into Colorado state’s emerging legal cannabis economy. She founded the smoke-and-paint class...
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Using Moss To Push Government Action in Seattle’s Duwamish Valley
(Photo by Robert Haverly/Unsplash) When Nico Vargas spent her time mentoring teenage girls in South Seattle last year, they were just trying to make it through another day in high school – all while...
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Abolitionists Push Back Against New York City’s Proposed Plan For a ‘Feminist...
A March 2022 protest in NYC against a proposed "mega-jail" in Manhattan's Chinatown. (Steve Sanchez Photos/Shutterstock) This story was originally published by Prism. Last Tuesday, June 28, an...
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How a ‘Music Audit’ Led to Equitable Economic Development in Huntsville, Ala.
(Photo by Nainoa Shizuru/Unsplash) This post was originally published by Shain Shapiro for the Brookings Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking’s Placemaking Postcard series. Huntsville, Ala....
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