At more than $4 trillion, local and state governments’ investments eclipse those of college endowments – but they often fly under the radar. So how do you find out where your state or local tax dollars invested? Next City explains.
Over the years, Next City has covered how disaster-affected communities have found ways to connect and build on ongoing efforts toward regeneration and reconstitution.
Next City’s economic justice correspondent on the storylines he’s keeping an eye on in 2025, from extending Opportunity Zones to new pathways for public banking.
In August 2024, New York City's community development luminary Hester Street announced that it was sunsetting after more than two decades. What went wrong?
Oscar Perry Abello’s new book, “The Banks We Deserve,” shows how allowing communities to tap into banks’ money-creation power is crucial to addressing our climate, housing and economic crises.