U.S. Metro Areas

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A voter completes his ballot on the day of the primary election in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. June 23, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo

COVID-19’s summer surge into red America sets the stage for November’s election

William H. Frey

September 14, 2020

Clean energy

How clean energy jobs can power an equitable COVID-19 recovery

Joseph W. Kane and Ranjitha Shivaram

Thursday, September 10, 2020

Job seekers listen to prospective employers during a job hiring event for marketing, sales and retail positions in San Francisco, California, in this file photo taken June 4, 2015. The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, pointing to a tightening labor market. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/Files

The labor market doesn’t have a ‘skills gap’—it has an opportunity gap

Annelies Goger and Luther Jackson

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Protesters wait in line by the thousands to be let into socially distanced searing areas near the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall before the beginning of civil rights march organized by Al Sharpton to call attention to systemic racism and police violence after the May police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota, in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. The night before The Commitment March: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks, protests consumed the blocks surrounding the White House, as President Trump gave his presidential nomination acceptance speech with sounds from noisy demonstrations in the background. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Protesting is as important as voting

Andre M. Perry and Carl Romer

Friday, August 28, 2020

Game cart

How an Atlanta park is connecting people to housing through place-based social service provision

August 26, 2020

Restaurant workers

‘Back to work in the flames’: The hospitality sector in a pandemic

Tracy Hadden Loh, Annelies Goger, and Sifan Liu

Thursday, August 20, 2020

american suburb

Trump is clinging to an outdated vision of America’s suburbs

Elizabeth Kneebone

Thursday, August 20, 2020

Antonia, 62, walks home with groceries distributed by the Wesley Community Center to residents affected by the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Houston, Texas, U.S., July 24, 2020. REUTERS/Adrees Latif

The Sun Belt’s COVID-19 surge stalls economic recovery in the region

Sarah Crump and MaryAnn Placheril

Friday, August 14, 2020

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From the Watts Rebellion to George Floyd, South Los Angeles Charts a New Path Toward Racial Justice

Next City Thursday, August 13, 2020

Detroit MI

The perils and promise of America’s legacy cities in the pandemic era

August 13, 2020