Contracts for federal housing assistance are expiring, and thousands of low-income seniors and disabled renters could face eviction. | Continue reading
A biweekly tour of the ever-expanding cartographic landscape. | Continue reading
Bill de Blasio’s new “health care for all” plan targets in the national fight over universal coverage and immigration. But what is the plan, exactly? | Continue reading
Also: How landlords push Section 8 renters to poorer neighborhoods, and Kate McKinnon’s cameo in the war on cars. | Continue reading
Animations based on scientific data show urban areas, cropland, and pastureland overtaking wild and semi-wild parts of the planet since 1700. | Continue reading
Heathrow Airport was briefly shut down after a drone sighting, and Gatwick Airport endured three days of security delays due to the aerial devices. | Continue reading
Construction of a new light-rail system could mean the removal of historic ficus trees beloved by locals. | Continue reading
A new interactive tool reveals how renters who receive federal housing assistance get packed into poor neighborhoods. | Continue reading
100 years ago, a massive wave of molasses marked one of the strangest industrial disasters in modern history. It also marked a major moment in U.S. public policy. | Continue reading
Despite ride-hailing’s promise, vehicle ownership (and traffic) is on the rise in America’s biggest, most transit-oriented cities. | Continue reading
Researchers have proposed a number of theories over the years — from sensory overload to the economic value of time. | Continue reading
A new study finds that high-growth firms gravitate to neighborhoods that are denser, more mixed-use, and more transit-accessible, whether they’re in the city or the suburbs. | Continue reading
The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute’s revoking of a human rights award from city native and activist Angela Davis puts into question who gets to decide Birmingham’s civil rights narrative. | Continue reading
Before "Saturday Night Live," the comic actress starred in a series of short films as an angry auto lobbyist. | Continue reading
Also: The geography of fitness centers, and what it’s like to be a street food vendor in Mexico City. | Continue reading
Instead of cracking down on enforcement, two transit systems in the Netherlands are experimenting with novel ways to turn ticket evaders into paying customers. | Continue reading
“Machos don’t like making tortillas, it’s usually only taught to women,” said Margarita Benitez, who has cooked up quesadillas and tlacoyos in the Juarez neighborhood for 40 years. | Continue reading
The availability of exercise venues reflects broader divides of class and geography. | Continue reading
The tech company’s proposed facial recognition camera system could be a civil libertarian’s nightmare. | Continue reading
Despite ride-hailing’s promise, vehicle ownership (and traffic) is on the rise in America’s biggest, most transit-oriented cities. | Continue reading
An slaughterhouse in Morocco was reborn as an arts house. And then it ended. | Continue reading
Also: What happened to NYC’s L Train shutdown? And L.A. debuts its earthquake alert app. | Continue reading
In Harare, Zimbabwe, mothers going about daily tasks with their kids in tow have few good options for getting around. Here's how we make it work. | Continue reading
The ShakeAlertLA app will give Angelenos a few more seconds to drop, cover, and hold on when a quake hits. | Continue reading
It’s really not the avocado toast: Ballooning college debt is keeping younger buyers out of the housing market. | Continue reading
Some are. But not enough to counteract another, more troubling trend. | Continue reading
Iowa's capital knows it's not New York or L.A., and it intends to stay that way. | Continue reading
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the MTA’s much-dreaded 15-month tunnel closure isn’t needed. | Continue reading
Also: California’s post-lawn future, and how New York made large-scale affordable housing work. | Continue reading
The senator's American Housing and Economic Mobility Act contains a provision that appears to address historic redlining policies. Just don’t call it “reparations,” experts say. | Continue reading
State turf-removal rebates dropped sharply from 2016 to 2018. Even so, a long-term shift toward drought-resistant yards seems to be under way. | Continue reading
The mega-complex of middle-income housing in the Bronx, which just turned 50, offers a (mostly) successful alternative to the speculative housing market. | Continue reading
The rare legal challenge is one of only a handful of desegregation cases decided at the state level, and it’s revealing the complex dynamics of New Jersey’s urban-suburban mix. | Continue reading
Also today: The British towns that aren’t breaking up with Europe, and it’s time to start eating roadkill. | Continue reading
While charming, don't confuse their design for evidence of a bygone era with higher standards of comfort. | Continue reading
“It goes back to the traditions of Alaskans: We’re really good at using our resources." | Continue reading
Iowa's capital knows it's not New York or L.A., and it intends to stay that way. | Continue reading
An advocate and mom in Dakar, Senegal, talks about pushing a child-focused policy agenda, in a city that’s still struggling with basic infrastructure. | Continue reading
Also: Why doesn’t London protect its nightclubs? And the legacy of Quebec’s subsidized daycare. | Continue reading
Why can’t one of the world’s richest cities scrounge up the cash to properly maintain its transit system? | Continue reading
London needs to value its nightlife if it wants to preserve the city's youth and diversity. | Continue reading
Moms went back to work. | Continue reading
Each designed by an international architect. | Continue reading
Moms went back to work. | Continue reading
The Straights of Dover have been consumed by a weird Brexit shipping scandal and fear of a (nonexistent) tide of migrants. | Continue reading
Amazon, YIMBYs, electric scooters, Europe’s war on cars, and more. | Continue reading
What we learned after the mega-retailer’s hunt for a new headquarters finally ended. | Continue reading
Citizen-led ballot measures and a Poor People's Campaign took aim at poverty and voter suppression. | Continue reading