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Could Trump’s New HUD Create Homeless Detention Camps? Here’s What’s We Know.
Candice Allison, 63, sorts through her possessions on Jan. 15, 2025, after Louisiana state authorities ordered her and others to leave an encampment near the stadium where New Orleans was host...
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Report: Philanthropists Pulled $8 Million From Pro-Palestine Nonprofits
(Photo by Nikolas Gannon / Unsplash) This story was originally published at Prism. Philanthropic funders in the U.S. withdrew at least $8 million over the past 15 months from nonprofit organizations...
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Can Artists Change Government From the Inside Out?
(Photo courtesy the Metropolitan Council) In government agencies across the U.S., artists are reimagining what the public sector can accomplish and painting a picture of a world that does not yet...
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Rising Insurance Costs Pose an Existential Risk for Permanent Supportive Housing
Converted from the former Clarion Inn Denver's Globeville neighborhood, Renewal Village opened in August 2024 with 215 supportive and transitional housing units. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder) Opening...
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How Solidarity Economies Take Hold
(Photo by Province of British Columbia / CC BY 2.0) In cities powerfully shaped by racial capitalism and economic exclusion, communities have long fought to reclaim their futures through economic...
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This Black-Owned Bank Is Disrupting Recidivism With Financial Education in...
Doyle Mitchell (second from left) is the longtime CEO and president of Industrial Bank, which was founded by his grandfather in 1934. (Photo courtesy Industrial Bank) For 21 years, Halim Flowers was...
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The Weekly Wrap: Congestion Pricing Faces Yet Another Challenge
(Photo by Colin Mutchler / CC BY 2.0) 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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ICE’s Electronic Monitoring Is Turning Our Cities Into Prisons
A 2014 “Stop the Raids” rally outside the ICE Office in Milwaukee. (Photo by Joe Brusky / CC BY-NC 2.0) Last month, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested Wilson Velásquez, an...
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Neighborhood Renewal By Germantown Residents, For Germantown Residents
Jumpstart graduate Les Hamilton shows his project plans to fellow program participants. (Photo by Kyle Kielinski / Jumpstart) This story was originally published by The Philadelphia Citizen and...
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HUD Grant Delays and Planned Staff Cuts Are Sending Homeless Service...
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner speaks at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Feb. 21, 2025. (Photo by Graeme Sloan / Sipa USA via AP...
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A Hispanic-Owned Community Bank’s Innovative Strategy for Building Affordable...
Mayra Ibarra (center right) is now living in a new home in the Rio Grande Valley, developed by Texas National Bank. (Photo courtesy Texas National Bank) When the pandemic hit, Mayra Ibarra moved back...
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The Leader Within
Five Senses cultivates youth leaders through gardening, cooking and serving the community in Memphis. (Photo by Chasidy Harris) Sponsored content from ThirdSpace Action Lab. Sponsored content policy A...
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Cities Spent Years Working Toward Plain Language. Their New Goal: Language...
City of Cambridge employees Crystal Rosa, right, and Bridget Martin, left, hold host language justice workshops with various city departments. (Photo courtesy Crystal Rosa) When the pandemic hit,...
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An Atlanta Entrepreneur’s Eviction Leads to a Community Model for the World
Kiyomi Rollins, left, founded The Ke'nekt Cooperative as a place for locals to find mutual aid and entrepreneurship support. (Photo courtesy Kiyomi Rollins) This piece is part of an ongoing series on...
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The Weekly Wrap: DoorDash To Pay Deliverers Nearly $17 Million in Settlement
(Photo by Kilian Seiler / 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 closer...
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NDN Collective Won’t Be Stopped by the Federal Funding Freeze
The Oceti Sakowin Community Academy is a culture-based school supported by NDN Collective. (Photo by Angel White Eyes / NDN Collective) On Jan. 27, the Trump administration’s Office of Management and...
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How NYC Dollar Vans Are Adapting for the Future
Hilltop Boss organizes an annual back-to-school drive, a block party designed to attract new riders and strengthen driver-rider bonds in the Flatbush community. (Photo by Andrés Pacheco-Girón) This...
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How Tulsa Is Affirming That Black Is Entrepreneurial
Darrel Frater, senior associate at Serac Ventures, and Rene Bramlett, founder of Da'Shade Room Eyewear, speak at a Build in Tulsa event. (Photo by Neek Films / Build in Tulsa) What happened in...
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State Transportation Agencies Can Still Lead on Sustainability and Equity....
(Photo by Abraham Barrera / Unsplash) The U.S. spends upwards of $400 billion per year to build, operate and maintain transportation infrastructure and services. That level of yearly spending — more...
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Black-Owned Carver Federal Bank Is Betting on Microlending
Carver Federal Savings Bank at West 125 Street in New York City. (Photo by Oscar Perry Abello) Over the past five years, Carver Federal Savings Bank — the largest publicly-traded, Black-owned bank in...
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