Op-ed: Today, the prison island immortalizes a man who sold Black New Yorkers into slavery. Once the prison is shut down, the ...

During an operation last month, Tucson police arrested multiple people on trespassing and drug paraphernalia charges while offering on-site court hearings and connections to services ...

In Philly’s Germantown, residents are learning practical preparedness skills — from water storage to power outage planning — ...

Op-ed: The built environment shapes how communities mourn, remember and heal. Urban planning can suppress that process – or make space for it.

After 10 years and just $16.7 million in repairs — a sliver of what’s needed to fix Detroit’s aging homes — a city-backed ...

As budgets tighten, nonprofits and cities alike are launching centralized help desks to help residents navigate scarce ...

After two decades of neighborhood walks with residents, Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani’s new book, “The Cities We Need,” shows the ...

Op-ed: Sports events, conventions and festivals produce massive food surpluses. Local policies can redirect that food to ...

Whistles – some 3D-printed, distributed in coffee shops and churches – have become a fixture in neighborhoods where residents are seeking ways to warn one another in real time. In some neighborhoods, ...

Madison is proving that electric buses can run through frightfully cold winters, providing a blueprint for zero-emissions ...

The environmental costs of strikes on Iran, San Diego County sues over blocked inspection at ICE detention center, and more.

California has funded immigrant legal defense against deportation for a decade. Now, more cities and counties are kicking in ...