December 10, 2020 We have been amazed and grateful at the fierce dedication our writers displayed in responding to the unending tumult of this year. From the early days of COVID-19, they sought out the city dwellers determined to improve our health, housing, food access and more. But where do we go from here? In this time of fraught politics and an entrenched pandemic, with a new administration waiting in the wings, what stories should we watch in the coming year? Join Next City for our first-ever journalists roundtable, with writers Oscar Perry Abello, Jared Brey and Emily Nonko, in a conversation moderated by Board Chair Eric Shaw. These three will discuss the people, programs and ideas that most inspired them this year — the Philadelphia activists who organized encampments and pushed for surprising progress on housing; the activist bondholders pressuring investors to support racial justice; a program that places returning citizens in stable housing in private homes, and more. Likewise, they’ll weigh in on what stories they’re watching in the weeks and months ahead, whether that’s eviction mediation, a Universal Basic Income pilot, or policy attempts to bridge the digital divide.