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An Indigenous-Led Fire Resiliency Project Could Cut Severe Wildfire Risks In...
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Atlanta Just Made Formerly Prisoners A Protected Class. Meet The Women Who...
In the video "Women on the Rise in Georgia: #CloseTheJailATL," activist Bridgette Simpson speaks with Mainline about her personal experience in the incarceration system and activism in Atlanta. (Photo...
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Fighting For Housing Justice In Los Angeles
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Restoring an Ancient Indigenous Site in St. Paul
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Housing In Brief: Eric Adams’ Flawed Plan For Mental Illness
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Making “The Right To The City” Real For Urban Dwellers Worldwide
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Knowing Your Neighbors Could Save You From The Next Climate Disaster
(Photo by Eliott Reyna / Unsplash) This article originally appeared in Nexus Media News and was made possible by a grant from the Open Society Foundations. When Winter Storm Uri hit Texas in February...
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Economics In Brief: D.C.’s Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
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When It Rains, These Philly Sidewalks Reveal A Hidden Message About Flood...
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New Docuseries Shows Some Love For, And From, Lesbian Bars
(Screenshot from "The Lesbian Bar Project") During the pandemic’s hardest, most uncertain days, regulars at Boycott Bar in Phoenix would sometimes show up with a lawn chair, just to hang out for a few...
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Two Houston Developments Show Two Approaches To Gentrification
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Violence Intervention That Begins In The Hospital – And Is Publicly Funded
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Housing In Brief: L.A.’s New Mayor Declares Homelessness A State Of Emergency
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How Kingston Won A Rent Reduction – And Why They Might Lose It
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The Need For Trauma-Informed Care In American Cities
(Photo courtesy Healing City) The man in the blue baseball cap takes two steps, wobbles and then collapses onto the library floor. A woman rushes to his side and begins administering CPR. People...
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Economics In Brief: Black Lives Matter Goes After Student Debt
(Photo by Andre Hunter / Unsplash) BLM Foundation Launches Student Debt Relief Fund The Supreme Court has announced that it will hear oral arguments around the Biden Administration’s plan for federal...
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How Cleveland’s Circular Economy Programs Help Reduce Waste And Build Jobs
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How Cities Use Participatory Budgeting To Build Place
(Photo courtesy New York City Civic Engagement Commission) In this excerpt from “Hyperlocal: Place Governance in a Fragmented World,” urban historian Nancy H. Kwak traces the history of participatory...
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(Photo courtesy New York City Civic Engagement Commission) A decade after four New York City councilmembers introduced participatory budgeting to their districts, and four years after voters approved...
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How a Digital Marketplace Is Disrupting Small Business Lending
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