A guilty verdict in the Chicago trial of police officer Jason Van Dyke for killing Laquan McDonald wouldn't be enough to salvage the mayor's record on police-community relations. But there's one thing he could do that might help. | Continue reading
When wealthier residents move into the neighborhood, Yelp knows, new research finds. | Continue reading
Also: NIMBYs dominate local meetings, and Uber tries to move past its reckless image. | Continue reading
A historian in 2068 reminds city leaders about the past that haunts them. | Continue reading
After a year of tech scandals, Sidewalk Labs' plans for a Toronto waterfront development have critics concerned. | Continue reading
Five local hairstylists speak to CityLab about the state of their city’s coiffing preferences. | Continue reading
The state's beer industry depends on a steady supply of high-quality Rocky Mountain water, but climate change could upend that. | Continue reading
When traffic-clogged highways are expanded, new drivers quickly materialize to fill them. Here’s how “induced demand” works. | Continue reading
The ride-hailing giant rolled out a suite of security-related features this week. | Continue reading
Access to money is often the greatest hurdle for non-establishment candidates. But local female politicians say the excitement of a non-traditional candidate is not only motivating voters, but in some cases, opening pockets. | Continue reading
The first lines of defense aren’t particularly difficult or expensive. | Continue reading
A study of the Boston area shows that those who participate in planning and zoning board meetings are older, wealthier, and much more NIMBYish. | Continue reading
Also: Why San Francisco opened a mock safe injection site, and Florence comes after hungry tourists. | Continue reading
You can't build your way out of traffic congestion. Or can you? | Continue reading
The Italian city is fed up with tourists, and it’s now targeting them on four overstuffed streets. | Continue reading
The city is looking to the ubiquitous Plattenblau for help. | Continue reading
Adjusted for inflation, teacher salaries are sinking, even as other college grads enjoy rising paychecks. | Continue reading
Amid federal threats, San Francisco opened a mock supervised injection site last week, in an effort to combat opioid overdoses. | Continue reading
Also: What works in creating successful civic spaces, and Chicago after Rahm Emanuel. | Continue reading
Why do revamped areas remain barren after so much thought and money are put into redesigning them? A case study in Charlotte, North Carolina, offers clues. | Continue reading
In Kentucky, a rural-urban exchange seeks to foster understanding and a shared sense of identity among participants from around the state. | Continue reading
Surrounded by razor wire, the Spanish enclave of Melilla is a pocket of European affluence in Africa, and a magnet for migrants who dream of crossing into the E.U. | Continue reading
Campaign insiders offer clues to the reasons for Emanuel’s startling announcement that he won’t seek reelection as mayor. (Others just say “good riddance.”) | Continue reading
Also: A world-famous chef tries to solve the problem of school lunch, and what cities can do to upgrade service jobs. | Continue reading
Why should male Parisians get to go, while women have to hold it in? | Continue reading
Dan Giusti is determined to bring tasty, from-scratch food to New York City's public schools. | Continue reading
Big money is flooding into elections on the local level. Cities like Denver, Baltimore, and Portland, Oregon, are some of the ones pushing back. | Continue reading
Here's what an inkmaker sees in soggy walnuts and rusty bedsprings. | Continue reading
Two designers propose a radical rethinking of the grid that puts pedestrians first. | Continue reading
Millions of U.S. workers hold insecure service jobs that don't pay enough to support a family. That needs to change, and cities can lead the way. | Continue reading
Streetcar, bus, and metro systems have been ignoring one lesson for 100 years: Service drives demand. | Continue reading
In 1985, Toronto Maple Leafs owner Howard Ballard took on a local artist, and lost. | Continue reading
“This is a case where making a better mousetrap doesn’t get around the fact that it’s a mousetrap." | Continue reading
India needs to address the circumstances that made the floods so devastating, an analyst says. | Continue reading
Inside Silicon Valley firms, some workers are trying to grapple with their industry's impacts. | Continue reading
Also: Labor organizing in Silicon Valley, and militarization of police isn’t making anyone safer. | Continue reading
In his final year, the senator worked to revitalize a long-abandoned riverfront project in central Arizona. | Continue reading
Inside Silicon Valley firms, some workers are trying to grapple with their industry's impacts. | Continue reading
Streetcar, bus, and metro systems have been ignoring one lesson for 100 years: Service drives demand. | Continue reading
What does work sprawl mean for urban planning? | Continue reading
Recent research shows that not only are military squads used disproportionately in communities of color, but contrary to claims, they reduce neither crime nor police injury or death. | Continue reading
Also: The path from city hall to the governor’s mansion, and the infrastructure that made pre-Civil-War Americans smaller. | Continue reading
Two designers propose a radical rethinking of the grid that puts pedestrians first. | Continue reading
"Democrats do not cause stricter zoning, but stricter zoning causes more Democrats (relative to Republicans)," according to a new study. | Continue reading
A recent study finds that employers hiring for low-wage jobs in Washington D.C. are more likely to call back applicants who live nearby. | Continue reading
Many street addresses on the North Side are reflected on the South Side, in vastly different neighborhoods. This project introduces residents to their counterparts across town to better understand the divisions in their city. | Continue reading