U.S. Metro Areas

A general view of the city of Birmingham, Alabama, August 9, 2011. Alabama's Jefferson County submitted a second offer to creditors in an attempt to settle its $3.14 billion sewer bond debt, the county commission president said on August 8, 2011. Commissioner David Carrington gave no details of the contents of the latest offer. Jefferson County is struggling to avoid what would be the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. History. REUTERS/Marvin Gentry (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)

Reopening America: The view from Birmingham, Alabama

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Workers assemble cabinets at CNC Cabinetry in South Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S., June 16, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

Reopening America: Low-wage workers have suffered badly from COVID-19 so policymakers should focus on equity

Molly Kinder and Martha Ross

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Restaurants in Inwood start to serve customers outdoors as New York City enters phase 2 of reopening in New York on June 22, 2020. People seen eating outdoors at MamaSushi restaurant. Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that New York City is on track for Phase 2 after data shows numbers of new infections and hospitalization is down. (Photo by Lev Radin/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Reopening America: The restaurant sector must adapt and innovate to survive

Tracy Hadden Loh and Annelies Goger

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Retail stores start to serve customers indoors as New York City enters phase 2 of reopening in New York on June 22, 2020. A woman doing window shopping at Zara women designer clothing store with huge Welcome Back sign on 1st day of reopening. Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that New York City is on track for Phase 2 after data shows numbers of new infections and hospitalization is down. (Photo by Lev Radin/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Reopening America: The “playbook” approach to safely reopening the economy

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Wilmington

How Wilmington, Del. is revitalizing vacant land to rebuild community trust

Laura Semmelroth

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Atealla Betancourt speaks with a doctor before getting tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during its outbreak, in Austin, Texas, U.S., June 28, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Flores

A roaring Sun Belt surge has inverted the demographics and politics of COVID-19

William H. Frey

July 2, 2020

A protester speaks to the crowd underneath a Confederate monument during nationwide unrest following the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. May 31, 2020. Picture taken May 31, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Our calls to remove racist symbols are finally being heard

Jhacova Williams

Thursday, June 18, 2020

Incarceration

In too many American communities, mass incarceration has become a jobs program

Thursday, June 18, 2020

Hundreds of protesters flooded the streets of Crown Heights in Brooklyn on June 1, 2020 to demand the defunding of the police force and to demonstrate against police brutality in the wake of George Floyd's death by Officer Derek Chauvin who kept his knee on Floyd's neck for more than 8 1/2 minutes, including 2 1/2 minutes after Floyd became unresponsive. (Photo by Erik McGregor/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

This Juneteenth, we should uplift America’s Black businesses

Andre M. Perry, Tynesia Boyea-Robinson, and David Harshbarger

Thursday, June 18, 2020

Building facade

Thoughtful design can create high-quality affordable multifamily housing

Hannah Hoyt and Jenny Schuetz

Wednesday, June 17, 2020