The Biden administration sets a goal of removing all lead water pipes throughout the country in the next ten years.
Cities & Communities
Posted inEconomic Policy
How Monopolies and Maps Are Killing ‘Internet for All’
The $65 million moon shot to bring every American affordable broadband is failing low-income communities of color.
Posted inTransportation
North Carolina Fuels a Microtransit Revolution
Public, on-demand ridesharing networks revitalize travel in exurban communities.
Posted inTransportation
Escaping Public-Transit Quagmires
New York City moves to overcome its public-transit dysfunction and is on the road to stability. Boston, not so much.
Posted inTransportation
Freeway Disaster Presents Hurdle for Newsom’s National Ambitions
Pennsylvania’s governor delivered after his state’s highway fire five months ago. Newsom’s crisis with the 10 Freeway in Los Angeles is significantly more complicated.
Posted inPolitics
Brothers From Other Mothers
How poor decision-making added up to Election Day defeats for Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
New York Wises Up About Rats
Gotham finally discovers trash cans, while other cities get smart.
Posted inPolitics
No One Knows Sheila Jackson Lee Like Houston Does
Although a front-runner in the mayor’s race, the congresswoman was vulnerable long before a now-infamous audio recording went viral.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Richmond Bets Against the House
A second casino vote in Virginia’s capital city is under way.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Low-Key Green
Pueblo is a world-class model for the clean-energy economy envisioned in the Inflation Reduction Act. But its residents may not feel it.
