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Diskussion In der Covidkrise hat die Bundesregierung 2,5 Milliarden Euro für Städte und Gemeinden zur Verfügung gestellt, eine Mrd. davon als Co-Finanzierung für Investitionen und eine als Darlehen. Für viele Städte und Gemeinden sei das zu wenig, forderte Städtebundpräsident Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) vom Bund eine weitere Mrd. „echtes Geld“. Finanzminister Gernot Blümel (ÖVP) schloss bei einer gemeinsamen Pressekonferenz mit dem Wiener Bürgermeister eine weitere Unterstützung nic...

Throughout the South, fluid new museums serve as memorial markers too. Greenwood Rising follows a neighborhood’s history into the present.

After the 100th anniversary, questions remain over how to remember one of the worst acts of racial terror in U.S. history—and what the victims are owed.

CROSS RIVER, N.Y. – Through social media and Zoom meetings, a group of students at John Jay High School have set out to make a lasting impact on how climate change is taught in the...

CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela, May 28 (PIA) - The Department of Public works and Highways - Isabela

A 1921 photograph of the Greenwood District burning during the Tulsa Race Massacre Photo: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture The Tulsa Race Massacre, a historic example of domestic terrorism during which mobs of white men murdered and injured countless Black citizens and burned down Black-owned businesses in the city’s Greenwood District, has been little studied until recently. This month marks 100 years since the two-day ...

In Tulsa, an ‘incredible American story’ of Black resilience is finally recognized 100 years after a racial massacre, new city initiatives shine a light on the revitalized Greenwood community. The Tower of Reconciliation rises in John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 25-foot-tall memorial by Ed Dwight tells the history of African Americans’ struggle, and honors early Black leaders in Tulsa.Photograph by Michael Noble Jr.,Tulsa World/AP ByHeather Greenwood Davis At...

The team behind the project has been solidified, and the steps the group needs to take to open the library's doors in summer 2025 are well-defined, said library foundation CEO Ed O'Keefe.

A panorama of design A rendering of the "Ol’ Ball and Chain" swing set from Micah Rosenblatt, which will be at the Brooklyn show "Inside-Out in the Garden." More than 20 designers and studios are in the mix. Duyi Han via The New York Times. NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- In 2019, Joseph Vidich and Kira de Paola, who are metalworkers, first cousins and co-founders of the New York design studio Kin & Co., organized a show on a Brooklyn promenade of creative outdoor furniture, called “Inside-Out...

WHYY By The Beacon at the Faith and Liberty Discovery Center starts in the lobby and continues through the roof. (Emma Lee/WHYY) When the American Bible Society first planned, about six years ago, to put its Faith and Liberty Discovery Center at 5th and Market Streets, it realized what it meant to be located across the street from Independence Mall. The new museum about the religious roots of the nation triangulates itself in relation to the founding documents of American democracy. In the lobb...