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Inside PhillyBOLT’s School for Grassroots Leadership, neighborhood organizers are gaining the tools and networks to amplify their impact.

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This Philly Program Is Helping Community Leaders Go Further, Faster

Inside PhillyBOLT’s School for Grassroots Leadership, neighborhood organizers are gaining the tools and networks to amplify their impact.

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mcargill28.bsky.social @mcargill28.bsky.social · 6d

This is dope. Very informative as usual @nextcity.org

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City-Building with Culture at the Core

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Next City @nextcity.org · 6d

Op-ed: Some nonprofits are understandably tempted to pause their federal grant efforts, but now is the wrong time to step back.

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With Federal Grants in Chaos, Local Coordination Is Key to Sustainability

Op-ed: Some nonprofits are understandably tempted to pause their federal grant efforts, but now is the wrong time to step back.

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Next City @nextcity.org · 6d

Mark Griffiths shows how the infamous Checkpoint 300 embodies larger geographies of Israeli control — reshaping a once-vibrant commercial strip in the West Bank.
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Checkpoint 300 and the Architecture of Control

Mark Griffiths shows how the infamous Checkpoint 300 embodies larger geographies of Israeli control — reshaping a once-vibrant commercial strip in the West Bank.

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Next City @nextcity.org · 7d

Sponsored podcast: The Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) is partnering with nonprofits to uncover what works — and why.

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How Your Nonprofit Can Use Research to Strengthen Impact

Sponsored podcast: The Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) is partnering with nonprofits to uncover what works — and why.

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Next City @nextcity.org · 7d

The Ethical Urbanist: Local pressure and community-led action can still hold federal and state prisons to account and improve detainees’ conditions, without reinforcing a broken system.

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What Cities Can Do About Federal Detention Facilities — Without Falling for ‘Reform’?

The Ethical Urbanist: Local pressure and community-led action can still hold federal and state prisons to account and improve detainees’ conditions, without reinforcing a broken system.

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Next City @nextcity.org · 9d

The Supreme Court's Grants Pass decision gave cities new leeway to criminalize homelessness. In Oakland, advocates say it’s fueled more forceful encampment sweeps and a rollback of earlier efforts at cooperation.

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After Grants Pass Ruling, Oakland Cracks Down Harder on Unhoused Communities

The Supreme Court's Grants Pass decision gave cities new leeway to criminalize homelessness. In Oakland, advocates say it’s fueled more forceful encampment sweeps and a rollback of earlier efforts at ...

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Next City @nextcity.org · 9d

The new law will allow more coach house construction and conversions but will likely create confusion and increase costs, advocates say.

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Chicago Is Set to Expanding ADUs – But Only in Neighborhoods Where Alderpeople Allow Them

The new law will allow more coach house construction and conversions but will likely create confusion and increase costs, advocates say.

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Next City @nextcity.org · 13d

Alex Tsatoulis grew frustrated with lack of lighting along the Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis, so he ordered some lights and grabbed a ladder.

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A Cyclist’s DIY Project Brings Some Light to the Darkened Urban Landscape

Alex Tsatoulis grew frustrated with lack of lighting along the Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis, so he ordered some lights and grabbed a ladder.

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Next City @nextcity.org · 13d

Op-ed: Your city’s public space efforts are piecemeal, underfunded, or focused on marquee design while neglecting workaday maintenance. Enter Public Space Teams.

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When It Comes to Public Space, Management Matters as Much as Design

Op-ed: Your city’s public space efforts are piecemeal, underfunded, or focused on marquee design while neglecting workaday maintenance. Enter Public Space Teams.

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Next City @nextcity.org · 13d

Dozens of community members came together to build the pop-up bike lane through the city's tactical urbanism initiative.

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These Residents Built a $10,000 Bike Lane in Atlanta

Dozens of community members came together to build the pop-up bike lane through the city's tactical urbanism initiative.

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Next City @nextcity.org · 14d

Illinois' birth equity initiative partnered with Diaper Dollars, a nonprofit that gives families in need money to cover diaper expenses.

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What If Diapers Were Free for the Parents Who Need Them Most?

Illinois' birth equity initiative partnered with Diaper Dollars, a nonprofit that gives families in need money to cover diaper expenses.

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Next City @nextcity.org · 15d

City officials say they’ve uncovered 25 prolonged detentions in violation of its land use permit, which could provide an opening to shut down Oregon’s only ICE facility.

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Portland Is Taking Steps To Revoke an ICE Facility’s Land Use Permit

City officials say they’ve uncovered 25 prolonged detentions in violation of its land use permit, which could provide an opening to shut down Oregon’s only ICE facility.

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Next City @nextcity.org · 16d

Sponsored: Jessica Gordon-Nembhard on the journey of adapting her 2014 book into a graphic novel to educate in an accessible format.

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Illustrating Economics: This Scholar’s Graphic Novel Explains the Black Cooperative Movement

Sponsored: Jessica Gordon-Nembhard on the journey of adapting her 2014 book into a graphic novel to educate in an accessible format.

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Next City @nextcity.org · 16d

Op-ed: New reforms could align CEQA’s environmental protections with our urgent housing and climate goals.

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California’s Key Environmental Law Is Blocking Its Path to Carbon Neutrality

Op-ed: New reforms could align CEQA’s environmental protections with our urgent housing and climate goals.

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Next City @nextcity.org · 19d

Op-ed: To make California's SB 9 effective, we need tools that let residents envision how this powerful zoning reform can reshape their blocks.

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Zoning Reform Can Be a Project of Collective Imagination. This Board Game Shows How.

Op-ed: To make California's SB 9 effective, we need tools that let residents envision how this powerful zoning reform can reshape their blocks.

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Next City @nextcity.org · 20d

In Washington, D.C., the Douglass Community Land Trust is creating permanent affordability and “pay-it-forward” homeownership to protect longtime residents east of the Anacostia.

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When Neighbors Take Ownership of Their Housing Future

In Washington, D.C., the Douglass Community Land Trust is creating permanent affordability and “pay-it-forward” homeownership to protect longtime residents east of the Anacostia.

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Next City @nextcity.org · 21d

Next City is excited to welcome Pryce Jamison, a Philadelphia-based journalist, as our Equitable Cities Reporting Fellow in partnership with the local nonprofit newsroom Resolve Philly.

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Next City Welcomes Philadelphia-Based Equitable Cities Reporting Fellow

Based at Resolve Philly, Pryce Jamison will help bring Germantown's stories and solutions to our audience of city planners and urban changemakers.

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Next City @nextcity.org · 21d

Op-ed: In the wake of public media cuts, it's time for cities to invest in local news infrastructure.

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Local News Is on the Brink. Here’s How Cities Can Help.

Op-ed: In the wake of public media cuts, it's time for cities to invest in local news infrastructure.

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Next City @nextcity.org · 22d

Sponsored: The O+ Festival compensates its artists with healthcare from providers who attend the event.

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This Music Festival Created Mutual Aid for Medical Care

Sponsored: The O+ Festival compensates its artists with healthcare from providers who attend the event.

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Next City @nextcity.org · 22d

Op-ed: Transit-oriented developments across North America continue to be designed with cars in mind, dooming our transit systems.

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Why Are We Still Building Car-Oriented Development Next to Transit?

Op-ed: Transit-oriented developments across North America continue to be designed with cars in mind, dooming our transit systems.

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Next City @nextcity.org · 26d

SEPTA is saved by state bailout, Trump admin threatens public transport funds over violence, and more.

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The Weekly Wrap: SCOTUS Says ICE Can Racially Profile Latinos

SEPTA is saved by state bailout, Trump admin threatens public transport funds over violence, and more.

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Next City @nextcity.org · 26d

Shamichael Hallman’s new book “Meet Me at the Library” shows how one Colorado library is building community trust and connection across divides.

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Libraries Can Be Democracy’s Living Room

Shamichael Hallman’s new book “Meet Me at the Library” shows how one Colorado library is building community trust and connection across divides.

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Next City @nextcity.org · 27d

Washington, D.C. is becoming a testing ground for authoritarianism in America. What will progressive funders do about it?

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Progressive Philanthropy Has a D.C. Problem

Washington, D.C. is becoming a testing ground for authoritarianism in America. What will progressive funders do about it?

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Next City @nextcity.org · 27d

The mayoral candidate’s signature promise has given New York City tenants hope — and rattled some landlords. Here’s a guide on what a possible Mayor Mamdani can and can’t do.

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Can Zohran Mamdani Really Freeze NYC’s Rent?

The mayoral candidate’s signature promise has given New York City tenants hope — and rattled some landlords. Here’s a guide on what a possible Mayor Mamdani can and can’t do.

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