Tanvi Misra is a staff writer for CityLab covering urban demographics, inequality, and culture. Her work also appears in The Atlantic, NPR, and BBC.
Housing advocates, immigrants' rights groups, social policy think tanks, and public housing management organizations have united in opposition to the rule.
Culture is an overlooked element in rebuilding cities ravaged by disasters, war, and other forms of urban distress.
The popular notion of the opioid crisis primarily affecting rural communities does not hold up, according to new research.
Due to Trump administration policies, upwards of 6,000 children were held at the Texas facility over its lifetime. It was the largest migrant child shelter in the country.
Many Americans still desperately need good jobs. Among the fixes gaining traction at the moment, particularly on the left, is the idea of a federal jobs guarantee.
A team of researchers mapped the per capita 311 calls for nuisance complaints within gentrifying neighborhoods to find out how the influx of new residents affects racially charged calls to the police.
New research shows what happens in the minds of white Americans when they see demographic change—the results were mixed.
Cities have often ended up underwriting the president's events, even though they've been saddled with some pretty hefty costs in the aftermath.
In response to a lack of success in the legal sphere, the DOJ has sought out stories of immigrant crime in an attempt to influence sanctuary cities like Philadelphia.
A conversation with urban anthropologist Adonia Lugo about the lack of diversity in bike advocacy, urban infrastructure, and how laws to prevent crashes can adversely affect communities of color.
A conversation with professor Frank Baumgartner, who led a research team that analyzed every North Carolina police stop since 2002.
According to a new report, while the overall number of inmates in the U.S. is declining, some states are still seeing their prison populations rise.
A new study shows the inherent disadvantages faced by African Americans when dealing with members of the public sector.
Hospitality and domestic workers suffer staggering rates of sexual harassment and assault. But they are among women still largely omitted from the #MeToo movement—and many federal protections.
