Artist Derrick Adams explores the legacy of urban renewal and racism in his installation "America's Playground." | Continue reading
The saga behind the factory's construction offers a larger lesson for cities about sacrifice on the altar of economic development. In fact, some Detroiters expressed relief when the city was not able to woo Amazon’s second headquarters. | Continue reading
A first-of-its kind study suggests that Medicaid expansion under the ACA boosts financial outcomes—and keeps people from losing their homes. | Continue reading
Also today: Why Minneapolis just made zoning history, and a debate over Oahu’s ‘monster’ homes. | Continue reading
A new report analyzes the potential labor market effect of a radical proposal that’s gaining traction on the left. | Continue reading
The latest United Nations report on climate change paints a dire picture. But IPCC co-chair Debra Roberts says that solutions are possible—if everyone gets on board. | Continue reading
The plan to raze a rare downtown public space has angered advocates for the homeless. | Continue reading
Mexico City has been a center of regional commerce since Pre-Hispanic times, but these public places trace back to a city government program established in 1969. | Continue reading
Critics say the massive homes are code-dodging rentals. Others say space for extended-family home share is necessary to manage the high home prices in Hawaii. | Continue reading
The challenge isn’t just about how much energy electric vehicles will need. A more important question is when they’ll need it. | Continue reading
The state’s lawmakers are targeting longstanding legal barriers to building new developments. | Continue reading
"I believe that affordable housing should be in every neighborhood. There’s a right to live in a great city." | Continue reading
Also: Amazon HQ2 and the “gentrification of jobs,” and Philadelphia could be next to provide lawyers for low-income tenants. | Continue reading
The state’s lawmakers are targeting longstanding legal barriers to building new developments. | Continue reading
The Grand Duchy’s progressive new government also raised the minimum wage and gave everyone two extra days off. | Continue reading
Amazon has said each HQ2 site will result in 25,000 jobs. Will the working-class benefit? Will Amazon train locals for future employment? | Continue reading
The challenge isn’t just about how much energy electric vehicles will need. A more important question is when they’ll need it. | Continue reading
A new report shows that by investing in representation for low-income tenants facing eviction, the city could save more than $45 million. | Continue reading
Urban building projects can go beyond net-zero energy use, water use, and waste, and actually cancel out more carbon than they emit. | Continue reading
Public records from nearly 200 police departments reveal that this emerging surveillance technology is collecting massive amounts of data and sharing it across state lines. | Continue reading
Also: Just how much of the world is urban? And what New Yorkers really think of HQ2. | Continue reading
More than half of them welcome the tech giant, according to a Quinnipiac poll. But support varies by borough, and race. | Continue reading
Experts at the European Commission assess the world as more urban than experts at the United Nations or New York University do. We need to resolve this debate. | Continue reading
Public records from nearly 200 police departments reveal that this emerging surveillance technology is collecting massive amounts of data and sharing it across state lines. | Continue reading
The retail giant plans to open a series of “city center” stores, starting in Manhattan. It’s a notable departure from its usual big-box suburban megastores. | Continue reading
A biweekly tour of the ever-expanding cartographic landscape. | Continue reading
Also: ‘Big Fun Art’ spreads to Phoenix, and fighting for water and life in Mexico City. | Continue reading
It’s not just hate crimes. Muslim women in Dearborn, Michigan, say they face subtle and non-subtle discrimination while going about their daily activities. | Continue reading
The border city is struggling to contain a deepening humanitarian crisis. | Continue reading
Using coroners’ records from the 1300s, Cambridge researchers reveal what violence looked like in a dangerous city with little law enforcement. | Continue reading
The retail giant plans to open a series of “city center” stores, starting in Manhattan. It’s a notable departure from its usual big-box suburban megastores. | Continue reading
The Mexican metropolis is a city of vast inequality, and access to clean water reflects that. | Continue reading
The Republican mayor of Georgetown, Texas, tells CityLab how his city made the switch from fossil fuels to all-renewable energy. | Continue reading
The latest idea from the Phoenix area's controversial developer-artist is inspired by a recent wave of similar, though typically more cheery, art exhibitions that has spread across the country and around the world. | Continue reading
Also: France pumps the brakes on a gas tax increase, and how Obamacare kept people from losing their homes. | Continue reading
Prime Minister Édouard Philippe announced the government will cancel plans to increase fuel taxes—but the energy powering the protests likely won’t disappear. | Continue reading
The carmaker's Argo team wanted to test its autonomous vehicles under challenging real-world traffic conditions. So it went to Florida. | Continue reading
The 45 percent of Americans who hold service jobs line up with the creative class on some issues, the working class on others. | Continue reading
A first-of-its kind study suggests that Medicaid expansion under the ACA boosts financial outcomes—and keeps people from losing their homes. | Continue reading
There aren’t many plans for how Amazon HQ2 families will integrate into New York’s notoriously challenging school system if they aren’t already locals. | Continue reading
There aren’t many plans for how Amazon HQ2 families will integrate into New York’s notoriously challenging school system if they aren’t already locals. | Continue reading
"Flickering Treasures, Rediscovering Baltimore’s Forgotten Movie Theaters" shows the history of one city's movie theaters through the lens of photojournalist Amy Davis. | Continue reading
Also: San Jose wants to be the ultimate foil of Amazon’s HQ2 search, and what’s really happening to retail. | Continue reading
"Google never asked for a dime," the city's mayor wrote. Is this a better model? Or are the costs of a tech behemoth still too high? | Continue reading
“For some of you, this will be the hardest thing you’ve ever done," the lead trainer told us. He was right. | Continue reading
The new draft plan for Toronto’s “smart” waterfront offers broad proposals for housing, transportation, and energy use. But it’s not that radical. | Continue reading
Gerrymandering and U.S. Senate composition diminish the power of urban voters. For Rahm Emanuel’s proposed urban-suburban coalition to succeed, this must change. | Continue reading