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Sponge Cities Are the Future of Urban Flood Mitigation
A neighborhood of Hinsdale, Illinois uses curb cuts that allow stormwater to easily drain into rain gardens and bioswales. With dense vegetation, absorbent soils, and underground storage capacity,...
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Urban Planning Students Call on Industry Leaders to Support Campus Gaza Protests
An encampment at the University of Oregon demands divestment from companies supporting Israel. (Photo by Ian Mohr / CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED) More than 100 urban planning students, alumni and professors have...
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Teens Told Us What They Need To Improve Their Mental Health. Will We Provide...
(Photo by Kokyo K / Pexels) America’s teenagers are facing a mental health epidemic. Surveys estimate that 5 million adolescents experienced a major depressive episode in 2022, up from 2 million in...
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The Weekly Wrap: Is University Divestment Becoming a Reality?
(Photo via Sacramento State University / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Welcome back to The Weekly Wrap. If you like what we’re doing with this newsletter, forward it to a friend! Now, onto the briefs… Sacramento...
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Minnesota Is Testing a Model To Add More Civility to Politics
The Minnesota State Capitol building in St. Paul, Minnesota (Photo by Bao Chau / Unsplash) Larry Kraft is a homemade ice cream aficionado. Kristin Robbins went to the same graduate school as a...
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Lessons From a Downtown District That’s Bucking National Trends
(Photo courtesy Memphis Medical District Collaborative) While many urban downtowns around the country are continuing to be plagued by office and retail vacancies, a 2.6-square-mile area in Memphis’s...
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A Major New Step Toward Public Banking in Rochester
(Photo by Tuan T Tran / Unsplash) This analysis was published as part of The Bottom Line, my weekly newsletter reflecting on the challenges of addressing affordability, inclusive economic growth and...
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These Residents Sued Palm Beach County Over Its Investments in Israel
Palm Beach County residents host a press conference urging the county to divest from Israeli bonds. (Photo courtesy of Break the Bonds South Florida via Prism) This story was originally published by...
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A Unique Community Land Trust Making Homeownership Affordable in Richmond
Richmond's Maggie Walker Community Land Trust expects to complete its 100th home by early fall. (Photo courtesy of MWCLT) This story was published as part of our joint Equitable Cities Reporting...
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The Weekly Wrap: NYPD Continues Ticketing People for Walking While Black
(Photo by Patrick Tomasso) Welcome back to the Weekly Wrap! ICYMI: We’re still accepting applications for our annual Vanguard conference, taking place in Lexington this September. Apply by May 31 at...
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Former Carver Bank CEO Finds Next Chapter in Philanthropy
Michael Pugh (Photo courtesy of Pugh) The former CEO of Carver Federal Savings Bank, the nation’s largest publicly traded Black bank, recently took on a new gig. Michael Pugh was tapped in September...
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Cities Have Become Battlefields. How Can We Protect Against Urbicide?
The destruction of buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Julia Rekamie / Unsplash) Two months ago, “20 Days in Mariupol” won Best Documentary Feature Film at the Academy Awards. Set at the beginning...
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Texas Needs Radical Solutions for Water Conservation – But Cities Don’t Need...
Conceptual rendering of a Laredo CWERC in generated by Harvard GSD students conducting preliminary research during a visit to Laredo earlier this year. (Courtesy RGISC) South Texas is facing a water...
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Colorado Steps It Up To Address the Housing Crisis
(Photo by Acton Crawford / Unsplash) The story was originally published by The Conversation. In recent years, Colorado has been a poster child for the U.S. housing crisis. Previously a relatively...
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NYC’s Riders Alliance Wants a Safer Subway With Less Policing
(Photo by Pat Krupa / Unsplash) This article was originally published on Waging Nonviolence. For years, New York City’s famous subway system has been caught in the crosshairs of a contentious public...
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The Weekly Wrap: Taxing Rich People Works. Just Ask Massachusetts.
(Photo by The New York Public Library) Welcome back to The Weekly Wrap, our Friday roundup of stories that explain the problems oppressing people in cities and elevate the solutions bringing us closer...
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Philly’s Reforestation Hub Isn’t Just Diverting Tree Waste. It’s Also...
(Photo courtesy of the Reforestation Hub) Each year, U.S. cities lose an estimated 36 million trees to development, disease and old age, many of which ultimately end up in landfills. Losing these...
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Why a Rochester Credit Union Wants the Local Government To Create Its Own Bank
Above the Genesee River Gorge High Falls in Rochester, New York. (Photo by J. Stephen Conn / CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED) Melissa Marquez inherited her mother’s deep desire to make the banking system work for...
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The Urban Parks That Make Cities More Welcoming
Girls enjoying the water at Lake Phalen Beach in St. Paul, Minnesota. (Photo by City of Saint Paul / CC BY-ND) This story was originally published in The Conversation. What makes a city a good place...
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Is Your City or State Investing in Israeli Bonds or Fossil Fuels? Here’s How...
(Graphic by Alexander Mils / Unsplash+) Divestment doesn’t necessarily have a big, direct economic impact on the target of a divestment campaign, but history has shown divestment can be a powerful...
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