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Freeways Blighted Milwaukee’s North Side. Can Tearing Them Down Bring New...
Families and businesses in areas like Bronzeville were displaced when freeways came in. (Photo by Matthew Schultz / Unsplash) This article originally appeared in Nexus Media News and was co-published...
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Why Brooklyn Residents Want Public Land In Public Hands
(Photo by Lerone Pieters / Unsplash) New York City is inching closer to passing crucial legislation that would strengthen its community land trust movement. A bill that would give nonprofits and...
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Housing In Brief: NYC’s Rent Stabilization Laws Withstand A Legal Challenge
(Photo by Ian Hutchinson / Unsplash) Federal Court Shuts Down Attempt To End NYC’s Rent Stabilization Laws A challenge to New York City’s 54-year-old rent stabilization laws was shut down by a federal...
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The Food Rescue Project Fighting Hunger And Food Waste In El Paso
(Photo by simon peel / Unsplash) This story was co-published with El Paso Matters as part of our joint Equitable Cities Reporting Fellowship For Borderland Narratives. Medical student Preetha Rajkumar...
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Can Cities Eliminate Heat-Related Deaths? Phoenix Is Trying.
Phoenix, Arizona (Photo by elliskj / Pixabay) This story is part of the Cities + Solutions series, which first appeared in Grist’s climate solutions newsletter, Looking Forward. For first access to...
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Ann Arbor’s Big Bet On Decarbonization
(Photo by Unsplash+ / Getty Images) This story is part of the Cities + Solutions series, which chronicles surprising and inspiring climate initiatives in communities across the U.S. through stories of...
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First New Black Bank In 20 Years Breaks The Mold For Raising Startup Capital
Adelphi Bank co-founders Jordan Miller, Kamran Haydar and Kevin Boyce, from left to right. (Photo courtesy of Adelphi Bank) Jordan Miller never thought it was in the cards for him to help start a new...
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A California Town’s Wastewater Is Helping It Battle Drought
Healdsburg resident Brad Simmons relies on the city’s supply of free recycled wastewater to keep his small orchard of fruit trees verdant. (Photo by Naoki Nitta / Grist) This story is part of the...
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How Pittsburgh Found A Secret Climate Weapon In ‘The Thrilling World Of...
(Photo by Tammy Clarke / Flickr) This story is part of the Cities + Solutions series, which chronicles surprising and inspiring climate initiatives in communities across the U.S. through stories of...
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Housing In Brief: L.A. Proposes Right To Counsel For Eviction Hearings
(Photo by Prayitno / CC BY 2.0) L.A. Mayor Orders Study of City-Owned Vacant Buildings Immediately upon taking office, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass declared homelessness a state of emergency and announced a...
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This School District Is Recruiting And Retaining Teachers By Easing Their...
Across the U.S., a staggering 55% of teachers are thinking about leaving their profession earlier than they had planned, according to a National Education Association survey. Those who go through with...
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How To Build A Better Bike-Share Program
(Photo by Tony Webster / Flickr) This story is part of the Cities + Solutions series, which chronicles surprising and inspiring climate initiatives in communities across the U.S. through stories of...
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These Communication Tools Are Building More Confident Winter Bikers
(Photo by Chris Robert / Unsplash) Soon after pastor Travis Novell moved from New Orleans to the Twin Cities a decade ago, he preached a sermon challenging members of his congregation to sacrifice...
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Portland Offers A Model To Fulfill America’s Broken Promise Of Childcare
The availability of childcare has never come close to meeting the need. (Photo by Tanaphong Toochinda / Unsplash) In this excerpt from “Getting Me Cheap: How Low-Wage Work Traps Women and Girls in...
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Tired Of Being Told To ‘Adapt,’ An Indigenous Community Wrote Its Own Climate...
Long before anyone called this place northwest Montana or considered it a tourist destination, it sustained the tribes and they sustained it. (Photo by Djembayz / CC BY-SA 4.0) This story is part of...
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This Bay Area Marketplace Led By Immigrant Moms Offers A Global Model For...
(Photo by Erin Ng, courtesy of La Cocina Municipal Marketplace) This article was co-published by Prism and Next City as part of our Solutions for Economic Equity partnership, highlighting how...
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The Best Disability Programs Are Designed By Those Who Use Them
(Photo by Chona Kasinger / Disabled and Here) Last month, “Avatar: Way of the Water” captured the world’s imagination. But you don’t have to travel to Pandora to witness the magic of the water or the...
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These Community Water Testers Proved That Newark Is Not, In Fact, “Lead Free”
The Mobile Lead Testing Unit detected lead in the water of 7 homes. (Photo courtesy the Newark Water Coalition) (Photo courtesy the Newark Water Coalition) Last year, officials in Newark, New Jersey,...
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In One Philly Neighborhood, A Fight Against Gentrification — Block By Block
The area now called University City in Philadelphia. (Photo by Daniella Heminghaus / Capital-Star) This story was originally published in Pennsylvania Capital-Star, which is part of States Newsroom, a...
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Housing In Brief: Detroit May Initiate a Land Value Tax
Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Jessica Christian / Unsplash) A Possible Land Value Tax in Detroit Detroit lawmakers are weighing a possible land value tax which could take some of the tax burden off...
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