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Next City’s journalism centers marginalized voices while amplifying solutions to the problems that oppress people in cities.

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A Startup Promised 45,000 EV Jobs to Struggling Towns. They’re Still Waiting. nextcity.org/urbanist-news/a…

A Startup Promised 45,000 EV Jobs to Struggling Towns. They’re Still Waiting.

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

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Breaking Urbanism’s Culture of Silence on Gaza, the City We’ve All Destroyed nextcity.org/urbanist-news/b…

Breaking Urbanism’s Culture of Silence on Gaza, the City We’ve All Destroyed

Op-ed: Gaza’s people, its culture, its built and natural environment are all being systemically erased. Why won’t our profession say that’s wrong?

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Public Space Is the Infrastructure of Democracy. It’s Time to Protect Our Right to Gather. nextcity.org/urbanist-news/p…

Public Space Is the Infrastructure of Democracy. It’s Time to Protect Our Right to Gather.

Op-ed: Our constitutional right to gather starts with parks and public spaces that are open and accessible.

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These Museums Are Teaching Us About How Our Cities Work nextcity.org/urbanist-news/t…

These Museums Are Teaching Us About How Our Cities Work

The New York Hall of Science’s CityWorks exhibit is one of a growing number of museum-led efforts to help residents understand and shape urban planning decisions.

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Caregiving Is What Makes Our Cities Livable nextcity.org/urbanist-news/c…

Caregiving Is What Makes Our Cities Livable

Op-ed: When no one is feeding families, watching children and caring for seniors, cities collapse. Planning must recognize that.

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Visions of a Caring Economy nextcity.org/urbanist-news/v…

Visions of a Caring Economy

A new book explores what it would look like to build an economy that places care and caregiving work at the forefront.

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Can the Arts Drive This Small Town’s Economic Revitalization? nextcity.org/urbanist-news/c…

Can the Arts Drive This Small Town’s Economic Revitalization?

Op-ed: An arts center is proving that promoting small-scale manufacturing can be part of this mostly-Black Alabama town’s economic engine.

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A New Financing Model Could Help Nonprofits Buy Affordable Homes From Private Equity Investors nextcity.org/urbanist-news/a…

A New Financing Model Could Help Nonprofits Buy Affordable Homes From Private Equity Investors

The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta created a flexible $100 million fund to help nonprofits purchase affordable homes from private investors. Experts say it’s a great start.

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Why Planners and Policymakers Must Address Structural Barriers to Mobility nextcity.org/urbanist-news/w…

Why Planners and Policymakers Must Address Structural Barriers to Mobility

Arrested mobility, coined by author Charles T. Brown, threatens the ability for Black people to move freely in public.

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In the Past 50 Years, We’ve Lost More Than 150 Majority-Black Neighborhoods nextcity.org/urbanist-news/i…

In the Past 50 Years, We’ve Lost More Than 150 Majority-Black Neighborhoods

A landmark study on gentrification shows that 15% of urban neighborhoods have been gentrified — leading to the displacement of at least half a million Black residents.

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Rotting Food, Rising Heat: How Michigan’s Landfills Help Drive Methane Pollution nextcity.org/urbanist-news/r…

Rotting Food, Rising Heat: How Michigan’s Landfills Help Drive Methane Pollution

Michigan ranks 8th in the nation for landfilled food waste, contributing to climate-warming methane emissions. A 2023 law now requires counties to develop organic material recovery plans, aiming to...

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Highways Block Social Connection. A New Study Shows Just How Much. nextcity.org/urbanist-news/n…

Highways Block Social Connection. A New Study Shows Just How Much.

New research shows that urban highways have weakened social ties in all of America’s 50 largest cities.

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Cities Have a Public Bathroom Crisis. Are Smart, Portable Bathrooms the Way Forward? nextcity.org/urbanist-news/c…

Cities Have a Public Bathroom Crisis. Are Smart, Portable Bathrooms the Way Forward?

One toilet startup is using social psychology and gig labor to help address L.A.’s public bathroom problem. But advocates have questions

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Homelessness surged 18% nationwide in 2024. But what if we could stop it before it starts? Santa Clara County did just that—keeping 93% of at-risk residents housed while saving taxpayers money. Learn More: nextcity.org/events/detail/p… @Results4America #sponsored
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HUD Grant Delays and Planned Staff Cuts Are Sending Homeless Service Providers into Panic nextcity.org/urbanist-news/t…

As HUD Delays Grants and Plans Staff Cuts, Homeless Services Face Crisis

Widespread grant delays, plans for mass firings and rescinded job offers at the Department of Housing and Urban Development could threaten the agency's basic functions – and take down countless...

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The City That Wiped Out $100 Million in Medical Debt nextcity.org/podcast/the-cit…

The City That Wiped Out $100 Million in Medical Debt

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter joins us alongside Allison Sesso of Undue Medical Debt to explore how cities can lead the charge in addressing medical debt — and what it means to rethink our systems of...

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Bike, Bus and Pedestrian Improvements Won the Vote in L.A. How Did These Advocates Pull It Off? nextcity.org/urbanist-news/b…

Bike, Bus and Pedestrian Improvements Won the Vote in L.A. How Did Advocates Pull It Off?

Three lessons from a successful campaign for safer streets in car-dominated Los Angeles.

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We Need to Reclaim Gondolas as an Urban Transportation and Climate Solution. Here’s Why. nextcity.org/urbanist-news/w…

We Need to Reclaim Gondolas as an Urban Transportation and Climate Solution. Here’s Why.

Op-ed: Cities should include these aerial cable cars in their transit planning.

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Newark Residents Are Reshaping Who Influences Land Use Decisions nextcity.org/urbanist-news/n…

Newark Residents Are Reshaping Who Influences Land Use Decisions

​​In New Jersey, a new "development watch" effort is informing residents of future property development in their neighborhoods – and training them to help shape these projects.

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Immigrants Aren’t Stealing FEMA Funds. They’re Driving Our Disaster Recovery. nextcity.org/urbanist-news/i…
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