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New Yorkers Have the Right to Free Admission to Our City’s Cultural Institutions
A tiger at the Bronx Zoo, one of 17 cultural institutions that's part of New York City's Park Education Campus. (Photo by Vinicius Gomes / Unsplash) To strengthen its social fabric, a city must have...
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Can Louisville’s New ‘Anti-Displacement Tool’ Redirect City Funds Toward...
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Transit Stations Aren’t Designed for Women and Caregivers. Here’s How To...
(Photo by Getty Images / Unsplash+) A new report takes mobility hubs (traditionally, transit stations) and asks: How can planners design these spaces around the needs of women and caregivers? Imagine...
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The Weekly Wrap: The Federal Funding Rollercoaster Continues
From left, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu are sworn in to testify before the House Oversight and Accountability...
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Should Community Organizations Collaborate With Police? Weighing the Realities
(Photo by Samantha Gilmore / Unsplash) This piece is part of The Ethical Urbanist, Next City’s new reported advice column. Creating more equitable, sustainable and liberated cities means confronting...
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No Signal? No Problem. Meet the New App for Navigating D.C. Transit
Waymap has mapped all 98 rail stations and over 11,000 bus stops in Washington, D.C.'s transit system. (Photo on left by Connor Gan / Unsplash; photo on right courtesy Waymap) Imagine descending into...
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New Legislation in New York Supports Foster Children’s Right to ‘Dignified...
(Photo by Sven Brandsma / Unsplash) This article is being co-published with The Imprint, a national nonprofit news outlet covering child welfare and youth justice. Before aging out of New York City’s...
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HUD Is Withholding Billions in Homelessness Funds. These People’s Lives Are...
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This CDFI Is Helping Indigenous Artists Level Up Their Businesses
Two paintings of horses by Montana-based artist Sammy Bird. (Photo via Palomino Paintings by Sammy Bird) Sammy Jo Bird never expected to find her calling as an artist. Born and raised on the Blackfeet...
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‘We Know What It’s Like’: How Appalachian Towns Are Learning To Help Each...
(Photo by Jon Cherry / Getty Images via Grist) This story was originally published by Grist and BPR. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. When the rivers and creeks running through eastern...
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The Weekly Wrap: Fired Federal Employees Must Be Rehired, Judge Rules
(Photo by Elvert Barnes / CC BY-SA 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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Highways Block Social Connection. A New Study Shows Just How Much.
(Photo by Daniel McCullough / Unsplash) A new study confirms what urban residents and advocates have known for decades: that America’s urban highways are barriers to social connection. The research,...
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It’s Time for Funders To Put Their Money Behind Community Ownership
Dudley Square neighbors relax on their porches. (Photo by Cheryl Senter / Next City) Housing is a human right, yet in the U.S. today, affordable housing is further out of reach than ever. According to...
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The Future of Gaza’s Recovery May Rely on Solar Power
(Photo by Mohammed Talatene / picture alliance / Getty Images via Grist) This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The first time Majd Mashharawi left...
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The CDFI Fund Is Under Fire. What Does That Mean for Community Development?
There are close to 1,500 CDFIs around the United States. Community development financial institutions around the country have been roiled by the Trump administration’s March 14 executive order...
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Tariff Whiplash and HUD Cuts Will Cripple Affordable Housing Development
(Photo by Raul Petri / Unsplash) President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on foreign goods have affordable housing developers staring down the barrel of a gun. Not only have existing tariffs on...
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A Chicago Community Group Is Advancing EVs, Despite Federal Setbacks
The Bronzeville Community Development Partnership’s new headquarters, center, at 2416 S. Michigan Ave. in Chicago. (Photo by Lloyd DeGrane / Canary Media) This story was originally published by Canary...
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Trump’s HUD Cuts Are Gutting Protections Against Housing Discrimination
(Photo by Curated Lifestyle / Unsplash) This story was published in collaboration with Shelterforce, the only independent, non-academic publication covering the worlds of affordable housing, community...
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‘At the Gates of Hell’: Revisiting an NYC Nurse’s Pandemic Journal, Five...
Patricia Tiu, a nurse working during the height of the pandemic, stands in Dumbo, Brooklyn. (Photo by Kristian Tiu) Patricia Tiu, a nurse, is the Queens-born daughter of immigrants from the...
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The Weekly Wrap: A Rush To Save the Department of Education
(Photo by Unsplash+ / Getty Images) 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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