While only 35 arrests were reported during the most recent, multi-city raids, the campaigns have caused widespread fear and tangible impacts on the daily routines of immigrant families.
A growing body of research suggests that human-dense cities and flourishing wildlife aren't incompatible after all.
All over the country low-income citizens are struggling to attain more economic mobility. A new program funded by two large foundations is working to address that.
While abortion is often talked about in ideological terms, in many states it's a lack of brick-and-mortar clinics that prevents women from seeking the care they need.
It's not just that 5G requires a lot of gear that can inspire NIMBY-ism from locals, it's also that some people really don't like it when they see it.
The AI debate has tended to center on men, but research shows that women make up 58 percent of the workers at the highest risk of job loss due to automation.
A recent study argues that cities need to start treating Airbnb like any other hotel business, and regulate it accordingly.
Ballot measures are unique in that there's no clear signal telling voters what party each issue is aligned with.
Some real estate speculators are already putting bets on the fact that housing prices in the winning city will inflate fast.
Marc Benioff, the chief executive of Salesforce, has pitted himself against Jack Dorsey, the chief executive of Twitter and Square, by spending millions of dollars to fund campaigns promoting the passage of a homelessness benefits initiative in the city.
This November, voters in Baltimore will decide on a charter amendment that would ban water system privatization preemptively.
The state government has started to institute work requirements for its medicaid program that includes logging work hours online, but broadband coverage in the state is sparseāat best.
To help animals navigate our fast-paced highway systems nature conservationists have started building infrastructure designed specifically for critters.
Mayors can take a number of localized actions to combat the harsh policies being implemented by the federal government.
Critics in the city argue that the repeal of a tax that would help fund housing and homelessness initiatives is a capitulation to business interests.
The old, yellow diesel monoliths have been largely unchanged in recent decades, despite evolutions among their public transit counterparts.
There is brimming triangular tension between local, state, and national governing bodies about how cities should best protect their citizenry from gun violence.
Mayors across the state are subject to a state law that threatens harsh penalties for municipalities that attempt to pass any of their own restrictions on firearms.
Start-ups are looking to create a gig economy in refugee camps through the use of blockchain technology, but will it work?
The special incentives that governments have offered companies like Amazon to move their operations into new states are controversial at best and illegal at worst.
Atlanta is pushing to be the home of the tech giant's second headquarters, but Georgia's continued efforts to pass religious freedom laws could impede that plan.