City leaders do things—and now they really need to do something. | Continue reading
A biweekly tour of the ever-expanding cartographic landscape. | Continue reading
Andrew Gillum, the first African-American candidate to win the Democratic nomination for governor of Florida, helped inspire the movement against the ”Stand Your Ground” law, launched after the murder of Trayvon Martin. | Continue reading
Also: Racing the great Brooklyn-Queens divide, and our best-worst roommate stories. | Continue reading
The 39-year-old progressive Democrat could become Florida's next governor. | Continue reading
As college kids head back to school, it’s time to consider to the joys and horrors of sharing your living space. | Continue reading
What's the best way to get from Brooklyn to Queens during rush hour: bike, Uber, taxi, subway, bus, or electric moped? | Continue reading
The director of the state's Department of Health and Human Services will face trial for his role in the city's water crisis. He still leads a department with over 14,000 employees and a $24 billion annual budget. | Continue reading
The Platform, a tech center and community hub, opened last year in former bus station offices, with the goal of invigorating the low-income Neve Shaanan neighborhood. | Continue reading
"Move Closer To Your World" is an ageless wonder, as evidenced by the love Philadelphians have for it, 45 years after its creation. | Continue reading
The spread of canals, waterways, and railroads had some unanticipated side effects, according to one researcher. | Continue reading
In a nationwide prison strike, the U.S.’s incarcerated population is demanding better wages and an end to “slave labor.” | Continue reading
Also: The politics of homeownership, and the arrival of carbon offsets for trees. | Continue reading
Austin, Texas and King County, Washington are testing carbon credits for planting and protecting urban trees. | Continue reading
Homeowners are more active in national and local politics than non-owners. This disproportionate involvement can potentially limit the economy and further divide our politics. | Continue reading
Blocking new development doesn’t keep people from moving in. It often prices residents out of the neighborhoods they’re trying to preserve. | Continue reading
Sleep has never been more important, or more valuable. | Continue reading
Also: The benefits of living near your parents, and how America became a nation of mattress stores. | Continue reading
Sleep has never been more important, or more valuable. | Continue reading
After Hurricane Irma, the Florida Keys Community Land Trust started building affordable, resilient cottages for local workers. | Continue reading
The arrival of e-scooters offers an opportunity to reimagine how we separate road users, argue two Portland urbanists. | Continue reading
One of the city's most celebrated designers traces his style back to the work he saw by two Swiss men in the 1950s. | Continue reading
According to a new study, it can take decades for someone who was laid off to make up lost earnings, but for those who live near parents who provide childcare, that time is halved. | Continue reading
Also: Let’s rethink what a “bike lane” is, and using city hall as a homeless shelter. | Continue reading
Laden with public art, these concrete palaces shouldn't be handed over to developers in the hopes of boosting density. | Continue reading
On August 5, counter-protesters showed up at a far-right, “No to Marxism” rally in Berkeley, California. The Berkeley Police Department arrested 20 people. And then it put some of their names and booking photos on Twitter. | Continue reading
The arrival of e-scooters offers an opportunity to reimagine how we separate road users, argue two Portland urbanists. | Continue reading
Does the film really show us Singapore? It's a city where more than 80 percent of people live in public housing blocks called HDBs, yet we never see one. | Continue reading
Each night, Seattle sets up 80 beds in the lobby of city hall. | Continue reading
Political animus appears to be motivating the FTA’s refusal to do its job. | Continue reading
Also: Is the fight for fair housing over? And which cities give you the most bang for your buck? | Continue reading
On August 25, the anniversary of Hurricane Harvey’s landfall, Harris County will vote on a $2.5 billion flood-control bond package that one disaster expert calls “a first step.” | Continue reading
The Insta Novel program launched this week with a whimsical retelling of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland | Continue reading
Black and Hispanic former prisoners end up in more disadvantaged areas than whites, and many do not find any place to attach to at all. | Continue reading
There may not be much that advocates can do to force the federal government to enforce fair housing. | Continue reading
Residents don facemasks as air quality monitors tick down to the worst levels on record. | Continue reading
Also: Chasing the only electric Citi Bike in Manhattan, and Aretha Franklin’s Memphis home could be the new Graceland. | Continue reading
Electric bikeshare hits New York, and this guy is on it. | Continue reading
A community developer is hoping to turn Aretha Franklin’s birth home in Memphis into a place that honors her soul music legacy and the gospel music legacy of her father, Rev. C. L. Franklin. | Continue reading
Modern play areas have become mind-numblingly standard-issue. There's a movement afoot to bring "adventure" back into play. | Continue reading
Residents don facemasks as air quality monitors tick down to the worst levels on record. | Continue reading
Maybe stranding 275,000 people in Brooklyn will be a good thing. (Eventually.) | Continue reading
Also: The geography of urban violence, and the health-care consequences if “digital redlining.” | Continue reading
Taking a class with a diverse group of Londoners helped me see the city and my neighbors in an altogether different light. | Continue reading
One of America's poorest and least connected states says Medicaid recipients must find work and an internet connection. | Continue reading
AmericanViolence.org compiles violent-crime data for dozens of cities over the period 1990 to 2017, from the high point of violent crime to the striking decline in it. | Continue reading
San Francisco's battles over scooters and poop have one important thing in common. | Continue reading