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Transportation systems are vital to cities and their residents. They connect communities to each other, to local amenities, and to economic opportunities. But these networks can also divide, cutting people and communities off and concentrating adverse effects in some areas while sparing others. Even a quick glance at mid-20th-century urban planning in the U.S. shows how transportation decisions ripped apart Black and brown communities in order to build interstates that better connected white sub...

Place—the unique space where the physical environment meets the social, emotional, and spiritual aspects unique to human life—is one of the most important drivers of equity and prosperity in communities. However, far too many neighborhoods in the United States have faced decades-long disinvestment, increased concentrated poverty and ongoing, systemic racism, challenging the benefits that vibrant communities can bring. In response, civic infrastructure, such as parks, trails, librarie...

Will you help Next City fulfill its mission?

Will you help Next City fulfill its mission?

The longtime indie rocker, who died Nov. 12 of lung cancer, was a no-nonsense frontwoman and a lifelong champion of the Bay Areas underground arts scene.

What the recent changes at the Federal Reserve mean for Black and Brown job-seekers, and how those changes are rooted as much in grassroots organizing as they are in macroeconomic theory.

Creative community festival to premiere interactive sound sculpture.

Ebony magazine is turning 76 years old. With new owners, the legacy publication is rebooting to reach and uplift Black audiences with a focus on financial literacy and building wealth.

We've been talking about economic mobility in Charlotte for a long time, but have we really moved the needle? And what steps can we take that will make a concrete difference for people in our community, enabling better access to jobs, education, health and the opportunity to improve their quality of life? That's the focus of the 2021 Schul Forum: Moving the Needle in Charlotte and Beyond. We'll be talking about the challenges facing us and the solutions that we can implement to he...

Ebony magazine is turning 76 years old. With new owners, the legacy publication is rebooting to reach and uplift Black audiences with a focus on financial literacy and building wealth.