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Why did Chicago become the headquarters of free market fundamentalism? Adam Smith offers a clue.
N'Kosi Oates speaks with J.T. Roane about Philadelphia's spatial politics and resistance to racial containment.
But awareness alone won't solve the problem. Here's what we should do.
Tax breaks for investors don’t help poor communities.
The vast hinterlands of the Global South’s cities are generating new solidarities and ideas of what counts as a life worth living.
For decades, UK-based financial institutions have exploited loopholes to subvert regulations and shield the wealthy from scrutiny.
Well-meaning nonprofits don’t go far enough in the fight against gentrification. Residents themselves must be in charge, and neighborhood trusts point the way.
Effective responses to violence—preventing it, interrupting it, holding people accountable, and helping people heal—already exist. We need to learn from and invest in them.
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To generate local, inclusive prosperity, cities must think beyond tech accelerators and science parks and instead embrace a wider range of innovation strategies.
New York State Rifle & Pistol v. Bruen may give the right—and its politics of racial resentment—a major win, at the cost of gun control laws known to prevent shootings.
The community development industry has failed in the fight for fair housing. Despite claiming to involve residents, power and self-interest still have the final say.
The McCloskeys are also only a symptom of how racism is served by private property.
White gay men and trans women of color often have little in common.
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