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Tomorrow, join Reimagining the Civic Commons to learn how public spaces can advance community resilience — and how you can bring these powerful strategies into your practice.

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Want a Climate-Forward City? Start With Your Public Realm
Sponsored webinar: Join Reimagining the Civic Commons to learn how public spaces can advance community resilience — and how you can bring these powerful strategies into your practice.
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February 3, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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Join Reimagining the Civic Commons to learn how public spaces can advance community resilience — and how you can bring these powerful strategies into your practice.

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Want a Climate-Forward City? Start With Your Public Realm
Sponsored webinar: Join Reimagining the Civic Commons to learn how public spaces can advance community resilience — and how you can bring these powerful strategies into your practice.
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January 30, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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Council Member Sandy Nurse says the fight for the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act is not over.

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NYC’s COPA Bill Has Failed. What’s Next For This Anti-Displacement Measure?
Council Member Sandy Nurse says the fight for the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act is not over.
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January 30, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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In "The Invention of the Future," Bruno Carvalho traces the utopian transportation visions that once shaped urban imagination — visions later eclipsed by the rise of car-centric urbanism.

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The Urban Futures We Lost to the Automobile
In "The Invention of the Future," Bruno Carvalho traces the utopian transportation visions that once shaped urban imagination — visions later eclipsed by the rise of car-centric urbanism.
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January 29, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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Joplin officials recently passed an ordinance banning the practice after noticing out-of-state vehicles dropping off homeless people. Columbia, meanwhile, has adopted a voluntary ride home program.

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As Number of Homeless People Rises in Missouri, Cities Confront Cross-Border ‘Drop-Offs’
Joplin officials recently passed an ordinance banning the practice after noticing out-of-state vehicles dropping off homeless people. Columbia, meanwhile, has adopted a voluntary ride home program.
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January 29, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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Sponsored podcast: A new report and on-the-ground examples show how communities are forging alternatives to extractive real estate development.

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How We Build Community Ownership and Self-Determination
Sponsored podcast: A new report and on-the-ground examples show how communities are forging alternatives to extractive real estate development.
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January 29, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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Many of these on-the-ground organizations have been working with immigrant communities for years. They know their needs.

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Want to Take Action? Here’s Your Guide to ICE Watch Hotlines and Immigration Resources
Many of these on-the-ground organizations have been working with immigrant communities for years. They know their needs.
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January 29, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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Research has found that fixing up abandoned homes can make a city safer. The H.O.M.E Plan calls for building and rehabbing 30,000 homes in four years.

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Could Philly’s $2 Billion Bet on Housing Help Reduce Gun Violence?
Research has found that fixing up abandoned homes can make a city safer. The H.O.M.E Plan calls for building and rehabbing 30,000 homes in four years.
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January 29, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Sponsored: A Kaua’i community restoring their natural assets is a model for building a sustainable future rooted in generational knowledge.

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A Hawaiian Practitioner’s Glimpse of a Future Embedded in Its Past
Sponsored: A Kaua’i community restoring their natural assets is a model for building a sustainable future rooted in generational knowledge.
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January 29, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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A six-county climate action plan in central Kentucky shows how shared risks — from flooding to emissions — are reshaping cooperation across political and geographic lines.

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Climate Change Is Pushing Kentucky’s Rural and Urban Communities To Work Together
A six-county climate action plan in central Kentucky shows how shared risks — from flooding to emissions — are reshaping cooperation across political and geographic lines.
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January 26, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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Op-ed: An initiative to help decarbonize houses of worship in Washington, D.C. shows that effective collaboration requires a leap of faith.

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Repairing Trust Between Government and Residents Can Unlock Climate Solutions
Op-ed: An initiative to help decarbonize houses of worship in Washington, D.C. shows that effective collaboration requires a leap of faith.
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January 23, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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Kansas City restricts data center development, Israel bulldozes UNRWA headquarters, and more.

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The Weekly Wrap: Philly Sues Trump Admin Over Removal of Slavery Exhibit
Kansas City restricts data center development, Israel bulldozes UNRWA headquarters, and more.
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January 23, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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Food deserts aren’t accidental. They’re the result of systems that limit access to affordable, healthy food.

Join us tomorrow at 1 p.m. ET for The New Grocery Models to explore what’s working in Kentucky.

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The New Grocery Models
SolutionsFest: Kentucky food deserts reflect limited access to affordable produce.
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January 21, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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In a new book based on hours of body-cam footage, a legal scholar shows how local police in sanctuary jurisdictions still help ICE − and why true non-cooperation is nearly impossible to enforce.

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Are Sanctuary Policing Policies No More Than a Public Relations Facade?
In a new book based on hours of body-cam footage, a legal scholar shows how local police in sanctuary jurisdictions still help ICE − and why true non-cooperation is nearly impossible to enforce.
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January 21, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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Video: Victoria, British Columbia has rapidly become "the strongest cycling city in North America that isn't widely known for it."

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How a Small Canadian City Tripled Cycling Rates in Just 11 Years
Video: Victoria, Britiish Columbia has rapidly become "the strongest cycling city in North America that isn't widely known for it."
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January 21, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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A Brooklyn credit union just launched a new loan product designed for worker-owned cooperatives. For one agricultural coop, it’s already made a difference.

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A New Loan Product Is Helping Power Brooklyn’s Coops
A Brooklyn credit union just launched a new loan product designed for worker-owned cooperatives. For one agricultural coop, it’s already made a difference.
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January 20, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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The “Stockholm tree pit” method was created to help trees thrive in paved-over urban spaces. Now, it’s taking root across Europe.

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How Stockholm Is Sprouting Healthy Trees From Concrete
The “Stockholm tree pit” method was created to help trees thrive in paved-over urban spaces. Now, it’s taking root across Europe.
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January 20, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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San Francisco announces free childcare expansion, DOJ subpoenas Fed chair, and more.

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The Weekly Wrap: Trump Threatens Funding for States With Sanctuary Cities
San Francisco announces free childcare expansion, DOJ subpoenas Fed chair, and more.
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January 16, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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The Miami Foundation’s Collective Real Estate Ownership program has helped 30 small business owners go from renting their storefront properties to owning their own buildings.

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A Commercial Down Payment Program Is Saving Miami’s Small Businesses From Displacement
The Miami Foundation’s Collective Real Estate Ownership program has helped 30 small businesses owners go from renting their storefront properties to owning their own buildings.
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January 16, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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Senior Economic Justice Correspondent Oscar Perry Abello looks back at a year when federal policy grew hostile.

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Takeaways From a Tumultuous Year in Economic Justice
Senior Economic Justice Correspondent Oscar Perry Abello looks back at a year when federal policy grew hostile.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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New York’s new mayor Zohran Mamdani has promised to make every city bus free to ride. Dunkirk did so more than a decade ago — and is reaping the rewards.

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For This French City, Free Buses Changed Everything
New York’s new mayor Zohran Mamdani has promised to make every city bus free to ride. Dunkirk did so more than a decade ago — and is reaping the rewards.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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Explore how communities in Altadena are rebuilding after devastating wildfires, with a focus on inclusive, community-led design and architecture.

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Solutions for Rebuilding After Climate Disaster
SolutionsFest: Altadena rebuilds after wildfires through inclusive, community-led design.
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January 13, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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Op-ed: Targeted federal revenue sharing would provide immediate fiscal relief and aid long-term economic recovery. Not only is there potential for bipartisan support, there's also precedent we can build upon.

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The Case for Federal Revenue Sharing
Op-ed: Targeted federal revenue sharing would provide immediate fiscal relief and aid long-term economic recovery. Not only is there potential for bipartisan support, there's also precedent we can bui...
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January 13, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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Op-ed: Targeted federal revenue sharing would provide immediate fiscal relief and aid long-term economic recovery. Not only is there potential for bipartisan support, there's also precedent we can build upon.

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The Case for Federal Revenue Sharing
Op-ed: Targeted federal revenue sharing would provide immediate fiscal relief and aid long-term economic recovery. Not only is there potential for bipartisan support, there's also precedent we can bui...
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January 13, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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Courts blocked HUD’s attempted overhaul of the Continuum of Care Program, the federal government’s biggest pool of funds for housing homeless people. But providers are still unsure when — or how — this funding will arrive.

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‘It’s Been Absolute Chaos’: Homelessness Providers Stuck in Limbo Awaiting Federal Funds
Courts blocked HUD’s attempted overhaul of the Continuum of Care Program, the federal government’s biggest pool of funds for housing homeless people. But providers are still unsure when — or how — thi...
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January 13, 2026 at 3:10 PM