As heat waves grow longer and deadlier, public libraries are stepping up as cooling centers and shelters – often without ...

Op-ed: Public libraries are already helping people rebuild after incarceration. Cities should connect them to reentry ...

As transit investment reaches Chicago’s disinvested neighborhoods, who captures the value? These Black entrepreneurs have spent years buying up property on 63rd Street so that Englewood residents get ...

Each Spring, the Duwamish Tribe and the Seattle Giving Garden Network collectively produce 5,000 vegetable starts in the Heron’s Nest’s 65-foot greenhouse. The plants are provided to schools, ...

The city is giving pools in West and East Baltimore major upgrades after decades of segregation, neglect, and inequitable ...

Communities have a long history of building belonging for themselves. Immigrant communities established Chinatowns. Black ...

Utilities across the U.S. have adopted policies that accommodate low-income customers rather than punishing them for ...

The laws, which make it easier to build apartments, face stiff resistance from North Texas suburbs. State lawmakers vow to ...

Borealis Philanthropy’s new Just Futures Initiative is accepting funding applications on a rolling basis from organizations ...

In 2017, Maricá created a sovereign wealth fund to future-proof its royalties from oil drilling. But experts say it may not be the best investment strategy for U.S. cities.

Renters rally in September outside of their multifamily housing building at 1296 Pacific St., owned by a Pinnacle Group-affiliated entity. (Photo by Roshan Abraham) This is your first of three free ...