Ithaca has put its Green New Deal in the hands of a green private equity fund, a private foundation, and a Goldman Sachs–backed software company.
Cities & Communities
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Green Capital Feuds With Local Lenders Over National Climate Bank
Former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt says $20 billion of IRA funds should capitalize his group’s proposed national bank. Local lenders are skeptical.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Et Tu, Jared Polis?
Buses are not the answer to emergency migrant services and immigration policy reforms.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Floods’ Worst Ravages Will Be Visited Upon California’s Poorest
This month’s torrent compounds the affordable-housing crisis.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
States Struggle to Provide Mental Health Care for K-12 Students
Despite new federal funding, ongoing threats to the well-being of children and youth mean funding for school-based services is a constant challenge.
Posted inPolitics
Best of 2022: Gabrielle Gurley
Our senior editor gives her picks for her favorite stories of the year.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Rural Pennsylvanians Stranded by Health Care Giants
Insurer UPMC and its new pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts are squeezing local independent pharmacies, with residents caught in the crossfire.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Best of 2022: Ramenda Cyrus
Our John Lewis Writing Fellow offers her favorite stories of the year.
Posted inTransportation
Defusing Tensions on Transit
The Kansas City transit system eliminated fares and fare evasion. The ensuing challenge? Homeless ‘loop riders.’
Posted inPolitics
Tense Runoff Election Pits Old Austin Versus New
The housing crisis and the climate crisis have shaped mayoral and city council elections in Texas’s fast-growing capital city.