A Journal of Ideas

Cities

Boudin and the Complexity of Reform Politics

Despite the Chesa Boudin recall making national headlines, states will likely continue experimenting with approaches to their area-specific problems. Criminal justice reform in our highly decentralized system isn't over. 

By Jonathan Blanks

Concrete Jungles?

Yes, America’s cities have problems. But are progressives really destroying them?

By Tracy Hadden Loh

It’s Time for Transportation Equity

Just as there has been redlining in housing, so does our physical infrastructure reveal a legacy of discrimination. It’s time to eliminate it.

By Anthony Foxx

Urban Legend

Ed Logue’s work rebuilding America’s cities shows us how, and how not, to do it.

By Jim McNeill

The Post-Planning Pandemic

The coronavirus will dismantle urban life in America—if we let it.

By Jacob Anbinder