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Housing In Brief: Philly Offers A Model For LGBT Senior Housing
(Photo courtesy of SAGE NYC, which advocates for LGBT senior housing nationwide) Philly Offers Example Of LGBT Senior Housing By 2030, there are projected to be 7 million LGBT seniors in the U.S. They...
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These Students Are The First To Attend Law School From Prison
Maureen Onyelobi is one of the country's first two incarcerated law students. (Photo by Emily Baxter / We Are All Criminals) In August, Maureen Onyelobi and Jeffery Young began classes with St. Paul’s...
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Economics In Brief: $1,000 For 1,000 People In Los Angeles County
(Photo by NikolayFrolochkin / Pixabay) L.A. County Launches Three-Year Guaranteed Income Program Whether it is called “universal basic income,” “unconditional income,” or “guaranteed basic income,”...
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With COP27 Approaching, Cities Like Philadelphia Are ‘Powerful Tools’ For...
Hurricane Ida flooding left Philadelphia infrastructure in bad shape. (Photo courtesy City of Philadelphia) This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news...
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A $31 Million Wetland Restoration Project In South Philly Breaks Ground
(Rendering courtesy of Philadelphia Parks and Recreation) After a decade of hydrology studies and planning, the Philadelphia International Airport is now breaking ground on a $30 million wetland...
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Heed Us: Community Organizing Works – Even Against Amazon
(Photo courtesy For Us, Not Amazon coalition) Heed Us is a column series (previously known as Hear Us) that features experts of color and their insights on issues related to the economy and racial...
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To Combat Teen Suicide in Montana, This Coalition Unites Philanthropists,...
(AzmanL/iStock Photo) Sponsored content from The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation . Sponsored content policy In recent years, Livingston, Montana — the county seat of Park County nestled along the...
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Austin Struggles To House Its Homeless After Voters Restored Camping Ban
Steve at his living space in the Guerrero Park encampment. He visited Aug. 18 to collect some of his belongings after being given a room in a former hotel that the city converted into a temporary...
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Housing In Brief: L.A. Mayoral Candidates Compare Plans To Address Homelessness
A homeless encampment in Los Angeles. (Photo by Laurie Avocado / CC BY 2.0) L.A. Mayoral Candidates Lay Out Housing Plans The upcoming Los Angeles mayoral election could have huge implications for the...
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PastForward Helps Preservationists Move From Vision to Action
Sponsored content from National Trust for Historic Preservation . Sponsored content policy PastForward is the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s annual conference, convening thousands of...
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St. Paul Refugee Agency Launches Nation’s First Guaranteed Income Program For...
Nurse instructor Valerie Geary teaches a class at the International Institute of Minnesota on July 28, 2022 in St. Paul, MN. (Photo by Drew Arrieta / Sahan Journal) This story was originally published...
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Bikes, Not Self Driving Cars, Are The Technological Gateway To Urban Progress
A cyclist using the city’s bike-share program. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) It took a whole lot of noise from activists and campaigners for bicycles to be taken seriously at last year’s COP26 summit in...
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Economics In Brief: Nurses Demand Better Work Conditions With A Series of...
(DGLImages / iStock) Tens of Thousands of Nurses to Go on Strike On Sept. 1, 15,000 nurses announced they would go on strike, after months of failed negotiations between employers and members of the...
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Preparing For Wildfires With Evacuation Plans, Emergency Supplies – And...
A California Army National Guard helicopter flies over Camp Fire in Northern California, Nov. 14, 2018. (Still from U.S. Air National Guard video by Senior Airman Crystal Housman / California National...
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Detroit’s Black-Led Organizations Are Cultivating Access To Nature
Ian Solomon is founder of Amplify Outside, one of several initiatives emerging from Detroit to help eliminate obstacles to people of color accessing nature. (Photo by Nick Hagen / Planet Detroit) This...
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Oakland Plans To Return Land To Indigenous Group
Rendering of Sequoia Point gathering place. (Courtesy of Sogorea Te' Land Trust) The city of Oakland has announced a historic plan to return five acres of land back to Indigenious stewardship. The...
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How Paris Activists Are Building A Global Resistance Movement Against The...
A sticker reading "No to the Olympics #Saccage2024." (Photo by Phineas Rueckert) The rendez-vous is set for 6:45 p.m. in front of a metro entrance in Saint-Denis, a dense working-class suburb north of...
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Through Mutual Aid, This Farm Is Taking On Food Insecurity In New York City
(Photo courtesy Star Route Farms) Star Route Farm is using mutual aid to change how food becomes accessible to communities, especially marginalized communities in New York. Located in Charlottesville,...
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Taking Back São Paulo’s Streets, One Sunday At A Time
People gather in front of Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP) on a Sunday. (Photo by Patrícia Figueiredo) When the mayor of São Paulo, a sprawling Brazilian megalopolis with a population of over 12...
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In Cleveland, Fine Dining Serves Up Training – And Dignity – After Prison
Belinda Anderson and John Carlos learn about different types of sauces and how to prepare them at Edwins Restaurant. (Photo by Stephen Humphries / The Christian Science Monitor) This story was...
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