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The Weekly Wrap: Denver Metro Area Will Cut Train and Bus Fares
(Photo by Colin Lloyd / Unsplash) Welcome to The Weekly Wrap, our Friday round up of stories that explain the problems oppressing people in cities and elevate the solutions bringing us closer to...
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An Early Literacy Initiative Brings Reading To North Philly Playgrounds
A child engages with the installation at Joseph E. Mander Playground and Recreation Center in Strawberry Mansion. (Photo courtesy Read by 4th) If you come across one of 14 Northern Philadelphia...
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Can Historic Preservation Be A Tool For Environmental Justice In Richmond?
Volunteers planting trees at Hickory Hill Community Center. (Photo courtesy Southside Releaf) This story was originally published by Greater Greater Washington. While serving as a member of the Racial...
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Can Chinatown’s Unique Food Ecosystem Last Another Generation?
(Photo courtesy of Potluck Club) Chef Zhan Chen and a handful of childhood friends from Chinatown are celebrating the first birthday of the Potluck Club, the restaurant they created to put their own...
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Oregon’s Land Use Law Creates Wildfire-Adapted Communities
This piece was originally published by Sightline Institute. William Kuhn, who lost his Bend, Oregon, home in the Awbrey Hall Fire, has a warning: “Anyone who decides to live on the edge of the forest...
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Partners For Justice Is Expanding To Philly, Bringing ‘Bureaucracy Doulas’ To...
(Photo by Billy Wilson / CC BY-NC 2.0) This story was originally published on Billy Penn and is reprinted here with permission. Children caught in the court system and people reentering society after...
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Unclogging Climate Injustices Requires Persistent Community Action
Holding a sign saying "When our streets flood, we flood the streets," Houston residents rally for funding to improve the drainage system in their neighborhoods. (Photo by Maya Nicole) Call it...
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Virtual Power Plants Offer A Climate-Forward Response To Increasingly Hot...
(Photo by Ella Ivanescu / Unsplash) As the country roasted last week under extreme heat made more intense by climate change, tens of thousands of Americans received text messages telling them they...
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The Weekly Wrap: Oregon Governor Signs Laws to Boost Housing Production And...
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Virginia Becomes The Latest State To Create A CDFI Fund
(Photo by Brendan Stephens) Virginia is betting big on CDFIs to help support small businesses and disenfranchised communities. In March, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed a law to codify and...
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Jessica Norwood Envisions an Economy That Loves Black People
Jessica Norwood (Photo courtesy of Jessica Norwood) Sponsored content from Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI). Sponsored content policy EDITOR’S NOTE: This sponsored content is paid for by the...
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Louisville’s Black Neighborhoods Want To End Publicly-Funded Displacement
(Photo courtesy Historically Black Neighborhoods Assembly) Jessica Bellamy wants to stop paying almost a thousand dollars a year to help displace the community that shaped her as a child: Louisville’s...
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From Wall Street to Main Street: Inside the FinTech Helping Companies Invest...
(Photo by Brandon Jean) Sponsored content from The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth . Sponsored content policy Catherine Berman and Yuliya Tarasava each had more than a decade of experience in...
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Cities And States Don’t Track Police Misconduct Payouts. Here’s How One...
(Photo by Chad Davis / CC BY 2.0) Five days after the 2020 murder of George Floyd, the Minneapolis Police Department’s SWAT unit drove down Lake Street, the corridor at the heart of the civil unrest...
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It’s Time to Let Cyclists Use Crosswalks
(Photo by Marc Kleen / Unsplash) This story was originally published by Mother Jones. Sometimes, my rage gets the better of me. To bike into downtown Denver, I need to take a left at a dangerous...
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5 Monuments That Bring Healing Instead of Harm
(Photo by Vincent Chan / Unsplash) Monuments, it won’t surprise you to hear, hold immense power. The very first monument made in the United States was Montgomery Monument —a memorial dedicated to...
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The Weekly Wrap: HUD Will Study Office-To-Residential Conversions
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East Cleveland Residents Are Building A Closed Loop Economy
(Photos courtesy Loiter) Meet Wake Robin Fermented Foods, a small company based in the city of East Cleveland, Ohio, focused on local sustainability. About 90% of its vegetables are sourced from farms...
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When It Comes To Transportation Problems, All Roads Lead Back To Cars
(Photo by Yoel J Gonzalez / Unsplash) This is an adapted excerpt from “Inclusive Transportation: A Manifesto for Repairing Divided Communities ” by Veronica Davis. On April 27, 1996, I got my first...
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For This Nonprofit, Commercial Ground Floors Are Places Where Microbusinesses...
Sanctuary for Sustainable Artistry co-founders Miles Dotson and Sarah Kirnon. (Photo by Billy Cole) On the corner of Broadway and 10th Street in Oakland, a handful of business owners share a space...
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