Cities

State lawmakers are increasingly using tactics that suppress progressive legislation being passed in metropolitan areas.

Prisons in Washington State may be blocking book donations, air pollution is shortening lives, and a four-legged whale skeleton provides evolutionary clues.

Forest managers in cities need more data on climate change, pests, and other factors, and they spend much of their time and funding on invasive species.

Culture is an overlooked element in rebuilding cities ravaged by disasters, war, and other forms of urban distress.

"Tactical transit lanes"—also known as dedicated bus lanes—are a simple and low-cost way of creating better bussing infrastructure.

A mismatch between the numbers of jobs and the number of job seekers in a neighborhood doesn't only hurt workers. It hinders the labor market too.

A recent study argues that cities need to start treating Airbnb like any other hotel business, and regulate it accordingly.

Can the city's model work for chronic homelessness, in Houston and beyond?

Uncertainty over the government's future operations and the addition of a citizenship question have left cities bracing for chaos during the upcoming census.

The NRDC hopes its new research into municipal pollution can help organizers push for sound, equitable policy.

In the city of 790,000 people, bee colonies up to 10,000 strong emerged all over the place and overwhelmed the city's resources.

Now that Amazon's HQ2 search is finally over, people are once again calling for reforms to economic incentive packages.

As more areas of the country are hit with the kind of flooding seen during Harvey, the role of the city will become increasingly important.

While the rescue of Grand Central seems like a clear-cut case of good over evil, the role of historic preservation in the 21st-century city can be more complex.

Both companies have made big commitments to prove their eco-friendliness, but there's still debate over whether they will put the environment ahead of their bottom lines.

According to a new study, wealthy and educated citizens could be the first to go.

A look at the animals that live among us—known as synanthropes—that are often cast aside as pests.

Buildings account for roughly 50 percent of a city's total carbon emissions, and 70 percent in major cities like London, Los Angeles, and Paris.

In Austin, Texas, and King County, Washington, private companies can now offset their carbon emissions by funding tree-planting in their local cityscape.

Cities have often ended up underwriting the president's events, even though they've been saddled with some pretty hefty costs in the aftermath.

From scooter start-ups to public-health issues, sidewalks have long been a dumping ground for all kinds of policy failures.

The Baltimore City Council on Monday introduced legislation that would make it illegal for Baltimore to sell or lease its water.

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.

New research shows that even temperate forests in cities may be able to sequester nearly as much carbon as a similarly sized area of rainforest.