The architects and educators speak about their design and teaching work in rural Alabama.

A transcript of Toyo Ito's 2021 Current Work lecture.

Through research and design, Lori A. Brown emphasizes the ties between women’s reproductive decisions and broader social forces.

A series of conversations with candidates for New York City Comptroller in the 2021 race.

A voter education resource led by eight organizations advocating for thriving neighborhoods, beautiful parks, lively commercial corridors and welcoming public buildings.

Ramsey Sprague, Vickii Howell, and Renee Kemp-Rotan demand environmental justice for a community, long battered by industrial encroachment and pollution.

Deborah G. Plant and Renee Kemp-Rotan explore systemic racism and generational trauma in the United States.

Nathaniel Patterson and Vickii Howell examine Africatown’s economic challenges and offer a vision of future prosperity.

Renee Kemp-Rotan profiles sites and buildings central to Africatown’s story.

Craig Wilkins and Renee Kemp-Rotan argue for an embrace of Black identity and design traditions in Africatown.

Vickii Howell charts the history of land use, development, and planning in Africatown.

How should sensitive historical sites and artifacts be interpreted? A recent initiative proposed best practices.

Charles Frederick takes us on a journey down the Mahoning River.

Quilian Riano explores efforts to remove industrial dams in Northeast Ohio.

Quilian Riano and Kristen Zeiber examine economic development models centered on healthcare institutions.

Helen Liggett documents how residents of Youngstown and Warren are reimagining vacant land.

Photographer Samantha Herrald’s photo essay brings us into her family's experience navigating the healthcare system to find treatment for her daughter’s rare cancer.

Annie Coombs and Zoë Malliaros map the complicated history of surface land ownership on the reservation and its inequitable consequences.