Desperate for jobs, three communities embraced a bold electric vehicle promise. Now, they’re left with questions—and no jobs.

Traditional lenders remain slow to open their coffers to community land trusts. But this community-controlled investment fund did the work to understand the value of investing in a model built to ...

A Black-led marketplace has been up and running in San Francisco’s Fillmore neighborhood since 2022, but it still faces ...

Parity Homes is revitalizing abandoned blocks with a model designed to build Black community wealth and address historic ...

Principled urbanism can feel nearly impossible under an administration openly hostile to social justice, equity and cities as ...

Welcome back to The Weekly Wrap, our Friday roundup of stories that explain the problems oppressing people in cities and ...

Join Shamichael Hallman, author of “Meet Me at the Library,” for a webinar on how public libraries can help bridge divides and foster stronger, more connected communities. Drawing from his research ...

Op-ed: New research suggests that people with higher disgust sensitivity find higher densities less appealing. What does that ...

From jazz shows and art installations to neighborhood memories and sound systems on wheels, the first North Philadelphia ...

Drawing on research with nearly 4,000 students, Michaela Leslie-Rule’s “How We See Us” shows us the stories young people tell ...

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When a new owner imposed sharp rent hikes in 2018, tenants in Mattapan organized and fought back. Now, more than 300 housing ...