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How KABOOM! Is Keeping Playspaces Cool Despite Extreme Heat
(Photo by Ahmed / Unsplash) Sponsored content from KABOOM!. Sponsored content policy This year Phoenix had more than 100 consecutive days of temperatures over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Summer 2024 was...
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The CDFI Creating Affordable Homeownership Models in South Los Angeles
A rendering of Genesis LA's project at the 4th Ave property in Hyde Park in South Los Angeles (Rendering by offTOP Design) Sports journalist Lauren Jones has been trying to buy a home in Los Angeles...
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The Weekly Wrap: Homeless Sweeps Are Still Destroying Peoples’ Belongings
(Photo by Levi Meir Clancy / Unsplash) Welcome back to The Weekly Wrap, our Friday roundup of stories that explain the problems oppressing people in cities and elevate the solutions that bring us...
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No, Immigrants Didn’t Cause Our Housing Crisis. Exclusionary Zoning Did.
JD Vance, U.S. Senator and vice presidential candidate, speaks with attendees at the 2023 Turning Point Action Conference at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo...
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A White Couple Donated 80 Acres in an Act of Reparations. Now It’s Becoming a...
Duron Chavis speaks about his urban agriculture work at the five-acre Sanfoka Community Orchard on Richmond’s South Side, during Next City's 2023 Vanguard conference. (Photo by Next City) As you leave...
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Nourishing Equitable Civic Engagement
(Anti-Racist Community Development illustration by Kim Thái Nguyễn) Sponsored content from ThirdSpace Action Lab. Sponsored content policy This article was published in Issue 05 of The People’s...
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A Car Crash Nearly Ended My Life. A Common-Sense Law Can Prevent More Crashes...
A colleague and attending visit Anna Cornelius-Schecter in the hospital after the car crash that nearly killed her. (Courtesy photo) For all my life, I will carry in my bones the remnants of the crash...
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How Bike Lanes Slow Drivers and Save Lives
Seattle’s first downtown protected bike lane, which opened in 2014. (Photo courtesy Seattle DOT) In 2022, 1,360 people in the U.S. died preventable deaths while riding a bike. One of the most deadly,...
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The Cities Where 16-Year-Olds Can Vote
(Photo by Kokyo K / Pexels) This story was originally published by Yes! Magazine. Thousands of high school students in Oakland, California, will be voting for the first time this November after a...
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Are CDFIs Doing Enough to Tackle the Housing Crisis?
BlueHub invested $2 million in a $56 million development project by Beacon Communities in New Haven, Connecticut. The development will offer 76 apartments, over half of which are designated as...
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Baltimore Is Setting a National Standard for Diversifying Its Economy
The Made In Baltimore Holiday Store, a locally-made craft goods shop in Baltimore's Harborplace. (Photo courtesy Made in Baltimore) One of the crucial economic lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic is the...
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Blocking the Bus Lane? Cities Are Using AI To Find and Fine You
An example of a Hayden AI camera's view and automated vehicle recognition. (Courtesy image) Think you can pull over and park in a bus lane to grab your morning latte? Think again — at least in cities...
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The Weekly Wrap: Progressive Ballot Measures That Passed This Week
(Photo by Jesse Paul / Unsplash) Welcome back to The Weekly Wrap, after what feels like an exhausting week for many of us. As Next City’s editorial director, I feel grateful to work at an organization...
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The Agricultural Design Studio Working To Build a Food-Sovereign Detroit
This story is the first in “The Healing Soil: Detroit’s Urban Farms,” a three-part series being co-published with Outlier Media and Planet Detroit, and is supported by the Michigan Health Endowment...
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How Houston Land Bank Is Building Accessible, Affordable Housing – While...
An accessible home developed on Houston Land Bank property. (Photo courtesy Houston Land Bank) In 2022, when Christa Stoneham became CEO of Houston Land Bank, a nonprofit quasi-governmental entity...
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The Healing Power of Urban Gardening
This is the second story in “The Healing Soil: Detroit’s Urban Farms,” a three-part series being co-published with Outlier Media and Planet Detroit, and is supported by the Michigan Health Endowment...
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The Weekly Wrap: Congestion Pricing Is Back in New York City
(Photo by Hans Isaacson) Welcome back to The Weekly Wrap, our Friday roundup of stories that explain the problems oppressing people in cities and elevate the solutions that bring us closer to...
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The Promise and Challenge of Urban Gardening in Detroit
This is the final story in “The Healing Soil: Detroit’s Urban Farms,” a three-part series being co-published with Outlier Media and Planet Detroit, and is supported by the Michigan Health Endowment...
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We Can’t Decolonize Architecture Without Talking About Palestine
An interactive component in Palestine Collective's exhibition at the London Festival of Architecture. (Photo courtesy Palestine Collective) One year ago this month, Palestine Collective was born....
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Another Car-Sharing Startup Is Dead. Why Is Car Sharing So Difficult?
Gig Car Share's name was an acronym for "get in and go." (Photo by Gig Car Share) In 2016, after having recently moved to Oakland, California, I saw a black and blue Prius, its windows painted with...
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