Bringing Next City to Chicago couldn’t happen at a more perfect time as we chart new ways to define the modern city,” says Anton Seals Jr., lead steward of Grow Greater Englewood, who is also a ...

Lexington used a $1 million public contract to wipe out millions in hospital bills. In rural Paducah, organizers are crowdfunding — hoping to clear a fraction of that total without city hall.

A joyful, ebullient performance on ice provides a reason to look back at a landmark community investment program that no ...

The housing development, known as El Barrio’s Artspace PS 109, is the last of its kind. That’s because its creation was the ...

The water-supply discussions in the Phoenix suburbs are echoed in council chambers across the American West. In a drying ...

In an effort to combat rising electricity bills, local and state governments are increasingly experimenting with “virtual power plants” — networks of rooftop solar panels, home batteries, smart ...

A Philadelphia mother’s fight to reunite with her children offers a grim window into the problems of the American cities’ child welfare systems – and how they can be improved.

With Sanctuary, at New York City’s Fridman Gallery, artists examine sanctuaries as physical and emotional safe spaces.

Facing a growing waitlist and rising costs, Vaasa is building energy-efficient student housing in months, not years — cutting ...

A home in the Lykins neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, the result of the the Lykins Neighborhood Association's revitalization efforts. (Photo courtesy Raul Aguirre / Keller Williams Realty ...

Op-ed: As the Trump administration eyes changes to the regulations around the National Historic Preservation Act, the U.S. risks gutting the very framework that protects old places — just as the U.K.