As mass demonstrations against police brutality fill U.S. cities, an informal network of mutual aid is handing out free food, face masks, and other supplies.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The Movement Behind LA’s Decision to Cut Its Police Budget
As national protesters call for defunding police, a movement for anti-racist “people’s budgets” is spreading from LA to Nashville to Grand Rapids.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: In Minneapolis and NYC, Bus Drivers Are Refusing to Drive Arrested Protesters
Transit unions are supporting members who have balked at assisting police during demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: When Trump Tweets About Transit
President Donald Trump used Twitter to announce a spate of already-approved bus, commuter train, and light rail projects, many in politically strategic states.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How to Detect the Distortions of Maps
All maps have biases. A new online exhibit explores the history of map distortions, from intentional propaganda to basic data literacy.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Elevators Changed Cities. Will Coronavirus Change Elevators?
Fear of crowds in small spaces in the pandemic is spurring new norms and technological changes for the people-moving machines that make skyscrapers possible.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How Will Americans Commute After Lockdowns End?
Will car traffic surge as lockdowns end, or will millions of Americans decide to bike, walk, or work from home permanently? Emerging research offers some hints.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How Women Reformers Saved the City 100 Years Ago
In the Progressive Era, reformers like Jane Addams understood the link between public health and urban poverty. Today’s leaders could learn a lot from them.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: A Post-Pandemic Reality Check for Transit Boosters
After lockdowns ease, public transportation ridership in the U.S. is likely to remain low for years. But some see a way forward for a new understanding of transit’s role.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Collecting the Maps of the Coronavirus Pandemic
As the Library of Congress archives visuals about coronavirus, it is documenting a dramatic expansion in the forms and functions of maps — and their makers.