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Minneapolis Residents Are Building Yurts To Shelter Their Homeless Neighbors
(Photo courtesy Christin Crabtree) Christin Crabtree walked out of St. Paul’s Church in Southern Minneapolis feeling hope on the morning of July 24. An organizer with the local unhoused resident...
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Ohio Cities To Collaborate on Voluntary Program To Help Commercial Buildings...
(Photo by Mike Boening Photography / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) This story was first published by Energy News Network. A federal grant will help four of Ohio’s largest cities collaborate on new voluntary...
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We Want To Show Your Films. Nominate One Today.
(Photo by Getty Images) The Next City team is busy organizing our Solutions of the Year Festival — mark your calendars! We’ll be hosting a series of webinars November 12-15, 2024. They’ll explore some...
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Missing Middle Housing Opponents Are Missing Important Facts. Here’s What...
(Photo by Robert Macleod / Unsplash) A court battle that recently concluded in Arlington, Virginia, could help shape the future of housing nationwide. Last December, the city council approved zoning...
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The Weekly Wrap: AOC’s Homes Act Aims to Build More Social Housing
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks on stage at SXSW. (Photo by Ståle Grut / nrkbeta / CC BY-SA 2.0) Welcome back to The Weekly Wrap, our Friday roundup of stories that explain the problems...
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Poor Indoor Air Quality Isn’t Just Making Us Sick. It’s Also Polluting Our...
(Photo by Prayitno / CC BY 2.0) This op-ed was originally published by The Conversation. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution is one of the greatest environmental health...
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London Saw a Surprising Benefit to Fining High-Polluting Cars: More Active Kids
(Photo by Rob Briscoe / CC BY 2.0) This story was originally published by Grist. Restricting the volume of high-emitting vehicles roaming city streets carries many benefits, from clearing the air to...
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We Asked Richmond’s Mayoral Candidates If They Support Black Reparations....
From left to right, mayoral candidates Andreas Addison, Danny Avula, Michelle Mosby, Maurice Neblett and Harrison Roday participate in Diversity Richmond's “I Vote with PRIDE” Mayoral Candidate Forum...
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New Jersey’s New Affordable Housing Rules Will Soon Take Effect. Here’s...
(Photo by Riley Edwards / Unsplash) This story was co-reported with The Jersey Bee as part of our joint Equitable Cities Reporting Fellowship, examining segregation in Newark and Essex County, New...
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The Case for Returning Disaster-Prone Areas Back to Nature
(Photo by Casey Horner / Unsplash+) This week there were three wildfires burning within 100 miles of Los Angeles. Sadly, this isn’t breaking news; it’s the opening salvo of California’s new reality....
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Gentrification Isn’t Just Happening in Cities. It’s Also Happening in...
The movement of people of color, immigrants and impoverished communities to suburbs has been celebrated by some who suggest that it has opened opportunities for those long denied its benefits. While...
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Can These Self-Charging E-Bike Libraries Bring Mobility to Low-Income...
(Photo courtesy Metro Mobility) Buying an e-bike is expensive. Starting last year, a local startup is providing low-cost, self-charging e-bike libraries to low-income communities in eastern...
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How Germany Outfitted Half a Million Balconies With Solar Panels
(Photo courtesy Matthias Weyland via Grist) This story was originally published by Grist. Matthias Weyland loves having people ask about his balcony. A pair of solar panels hang from the railing,...
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Why a Memorial for Victims of Traffic Violence Matters
A view of names etched into the granite face of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Photo by National Park Service / CC BY 2.0) We hear the statistic often, as if the number itself will move us: On...
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New York City Was Ghoulish On Collecting Property Debt. These Council Members...
Council members hold a press conference calling for the abolition of the tax lien sale in February 2023. (Photo by John McCarten / New York City Council) Earlier this year, the New York City Council...
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The Weekly Wrap: DOJ Opens Investigation Into Tulsa Race Massacre
Tulsa Race Massacre survivors, from left, Hughes Van Ellis Sr., Lessie Benningfield Randle, and Viola Fletcher, wave and high-five supporters from a horse-drawn carriage before a march in Tulsa,...
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Richmond’s Black Leaders Dreamed of Creating an Agrihood. It Never Made It...
Duron Chavis, founder of Happily Natural Day, speaks about his urban agriculture work at the five-acre Sanfoka Community Orchard on Richmond’s South Side. (Photo by Next City) When Richmond,...
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These Social Housing Projects Around the World Can Inspire America’s New...
Vishaan Chakrabarti is the author of the new book "Architecture of Urbanity." (Images courtesy Princeton University Press) With the nation in the midst of a seemingly intractable affordable housing...
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Barcelona Is Turning Subway Trains Into Power Stations
(Photo by Ed Lallo / Getty Images via Grist) This story was originally published by Grist. Most of the passengers emerging from the station in Bellvitge, a working-class neighborhood outside...
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California’s New Commercial Tenant Rights Could Change the Game
(Photo courtesy Wah Gwaan Jamaican Kitchen & Bar) The location was everything Deandrea Jones could have asked for and then some. The problem became the “and then some.” Jones is the creator and...
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