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Using art to redesign streets cut by half the rate of traffic crashes involving pedestrians and cyclists. This episode is sponsored by:• Next City Newsletter - Signing up for our newsletters is the best way to stay informed on the issues that matter. To subscribe now, head to nextcity.org/newsletter and enter your email address.• Next City App - Downloading the Next City App is a smart way to stay...

Evanston, Illinois is sending checks — long before the debate even gets started at the federal level about whether reparations are possible. This episode is part of the Solutions of the Year series. If you are in search of solutions that make cities more just and equitable, then get a copy of Next City’s Solutions of the Year special issue magazine. To get your copy now, head to nextcity.org/22sol...

Village Hearth in North Carolina is one example of LGBTQ seniors innovating ways of creating truly inclusive housing. This episode is sponsored by:Next City Newsletter - Signing up for our newsletters is the best way to stay informed on the issues that matter. To subscribe now, head to nextcity.org/newsletter and enter your email address. Next City App - Downloading the Next City App is a smart wa...

Until recently, there wasn’t any standard definition of a city. Now researchers can finally make comparisons across countries and continents. This episode is sponsored by:Next City Newsletter - Signing up for our newsletters is the best way to stay informed on the issues that matter. To subscribe now, head to nextcity.org/newsletter and enter your email address. Next City App - Downloading the Nex...

When finding an affordable place to live seemed fanciful, these organizers formed a collective called Queer The Land and purchased housing together. This episode is sponsored by:Next City Newsletter - Signing up for our newsletters is the best way to stay informed on the issues that matter. To subscribe now, head to nextcity.org/newsletter and enter your email address. The Bottom Line - Sign up fo...

This nonprofit shows foundations that their support isn’t about exporting some scarce resource; it’s about unleashing a community’s own plentiful potential. This episode is sponsored by:Next City Newsletter - Signing up for our newsletters is the best way to stay informed on the issues that matter. To subscribe now, head to nextcity.org/newsletter and enter your email address. Next City App - Down...

Today on the show we’re talking about a travel guide — The Damron Guides. It was like a Green Book for LGBTQ Americans traveling the country and looking for safe spaces. This episode is sponsored by:Next City Newsletter - Signing up for our newsletters is the best way to stay informed on the issues that matter. To subscribe now, head to nextcity.org/newsletter and enter your email address. Next Ci...

No, it’s not more police. From Oakland to Newark, community violence intervention programs get results, and one researcher says they could be even more effective if fully supported. This episode is sponsored by:Next City Newsletter - Signing up for our newsletters is the best way to stay informed on the issues that matter. To subscribe now, head to nextcity.org/newsletter and enter your email addr...

These beer lovers created a specialty line that just might help preserve lesbian culture — even as gathering spaces like lesbian bars disappear. This episode is sponsored by:The Bottom Line - Sign up for this newsletter exploring scalable solutions for problems related to affordability, inclusive economic growth and access to capital. The Bottom Line is made possible with support from Citi. Next C...

The reality is that transgender women experience poverty rates as high as 30%. Rates of poverty are worst for Black and Latinx transgender people. For example, 41% of Black transgender Americans report having experienced homelessness. Two Californian cities are attempting to roll out guaranteed income programs specifically serving their transgender residents. This episode is sponsored by:Next City...

Libraries in New York City are proving you don’t need fines to get books returned. What can everyone learn from what’s working?

Hedge funds have quietly bought up local newspapers across the country. A movement of nonprofit newsrooms is countering corporate news. This episode is sponsored by:Next City Newsletter - Signing up for our newsletters is the best way to stay informed on the issues that matter. To subscribe now, head to nextcity.org/newsletter and enter your email address. Next City App - Downloading the Next City...

What becomes possible when the public owns the bank? A city-owned bank could decide, for example, that it wants to support Black-owned businesses and others that have historically lacked access to credit. Now an American city is pioneering a future that prioritizes the public’s interest. This episode is sponsored by:The Bottom Line - Sign up for this newsletter exploring scalable solutions for pro...

The event is called “place-keeping” as it turns back a wave of anti-Asian hate that came with the pandemic, fights gentrification, and celebrates what makes Chinatown special. This episode is sponsored by:Next City Newsletter - Signing up for our newsletters is the best way to stay informed on the issues that matter. To subscribe now, head to nextcity.org/newsletter and enter your email address. N...

Heat is intensifying, thanks to climate change. A coalition of cities is pioneering a makeover for roads and rooftops that makes everything feel cooler. This episode is sponsored by:The Backyard Newsletter - The Backyard is a weekly email exploring solutions for problems related to tenants rights, inclusive communities and more. To subscribe now, head to nextcity.org/backyard and find the orange b...

The California cap-and-trade program is building up cash while lowering carbon emissions. We look at one way that money is being put to use. This episode is sponsored by:The Backyard Newsletter - The Backyard is a weekly email exploring solutions for problems related to tenants rights, inclusive communities and more. To subscribe now, head to nextcity.org/backyard and find the orange bar to enter...

The rising cost of homes in Evanston is driving gentrification and displacement. A worker-owned real estate developer wants to make housing more affordable by adding places to live — even in your backyard. This episode is sponsored by:The Backyard Newsletter - The Backyard is a weekly email exploring solutions for problems related to tenants rights, inclusive communities and more. To subscribe now...

When decisions about whether to remove a child from a home are race-blind, fewer Black children end up in the system. This episode is sponsored by:Next City Newsletter - Signing up for our newsletters is the best way to stay informed on the issues that matter. To subscribe now, head to nextcity.org/newsletter and enter your email address. Solutions of the Year, an 80-page print magazine exploring...

With a growing understanding that eviction is a cause of poverty, it’s imperative we find solutions that keep tenants in their homes. One Philadelphia program has found a way to reduce eviction filings by 75 percent. This episode is sponsored by:Next City Newsletter - Signing up for our newsletters is the best way to stay informed on the issues that matter. To subscribe now, head to nextcity.org/n...

A bakery in Oakland isn’t owned by a person or profit-hungry investors. Instead it’s owned by something called a “perpetual purpose trust” where the majority owner is literally the business’ mission. Artisan Firebrand Bakery and other businesses like it are redefining what it means to be successful. This episode is sponsored by:The Bottom Line - Sign up for this newsletter exploring scalable solut...

A foundation in Vancouver decided to see what would happen if it gave a lump sum of cash to people experiencing homelessness. It changed their lives. This episode is sponsored by:Next City Newsletter - Signing up for our newsletters is the best way to stay informed on the issues that matter. To subscribe now, head to nextcity.org/newsletter and enter your email address. Next City App - Downloading...

We Could Stop Policing Homelessness and Start HelpingDescription: Many business districts hire security to “solve” homelessness. But these advocates argue they should spend less money on security and more on an idea for helping — a hygiene hub, which anyone can visit to get cleaned up, throw out trash, or even just use the bathroom. This episode is sponsored by:Next City Newsletter - Signing up fo...

Guaranteed income programs are spreading fast. One designed by Black moms in Jackson, Mississippi has become the longest-running guaranteed income pilot in the nation. This episode is sponsored by:The Bottom Line - Sign up for this newsletter exploring scalable solutions for problems related to affordability, inclusive economic growth and access to capital. The Bottom Line is made possible with su...

The push for equality has often been emboldened in Greensboro, North Carolina by its education system. We talk with historians, and with the chancellors of two Greensboro universities — UNC-Greensboro and NC A&T — about how a city realizes its full potential. Next City’s annual Vanguard conference was hosted in the city of Greensboro, where we learned about its past and the solutions that make it...

Tracing the origins of a city like Greensboro, North Carolina uncovers the character of the place it is today.  Next City’s annual Vanguard conference was hosted in the city of Greensboro, where we learned about its past and the solutions that make it special. Action Greensboro was our partner in hosting the convening in September 2021.This episode is sponsored by:Next City Newsletter - Signing up...