urban living

Shooting Coyotes Is a Short-Term Solution

Real coexistence starts with changing human behavior

By Rachel May March 29, 2023

In this story: wildlife, urban living

Los Angeles Reimagined

Bit by bit, nature is reclaiming the City of the Future

By Lynell George March 20, 2023

In this story: urban living, nature, 30x30

Photo collage shows LA State Historic Park with a large grassy area, a pedestrian bridge, and people doing various activities, with downtown skyscrapers in the background.

Flint’s Water Settlement Is a Kick in the Face

$626 million might seem like a lot, but not when 99,000 people drank tainted water

By Jessica Myers December 17, 2021

In this story: environmental law, environmental justice, water, clean water, urban living

A woman in ripped jeans and a windbreaker hands a package of water to a person not in the photo. A pallet of bottled water is behind her.

Biking While Black in Minneapolis: Extended Interviews

The exhilaration and the grind of being a Black cyclist

By Patience Zalanga and Heather Smith September 21, 2021

In this story: biking, urban living, transportation, racial justice

Sara White on the Juneteenth Blackout ride.

Could Las Vegas’s Grass Removal Policies Alter the Western US Drought-Scape?

Inside one of America’s most aggressive municipal water-conservation measures

By Daniel Rothberg July 24, 2021

In this story: water, climate change, lifestyle, urban living, politics

Who’s the Green City for, Really?

What NYC’s Little Island says about parks and inequality

By Aaron Mok July 12, 2021

In this story: urban living, science, architecture, equity

Biomorphic blob of green on concrete piers off the coast of Manhattan, with pinky sunset on the waters.

Gen Z’s Next Victim: The Lawn

The youth have had it with mowing

By Molly Glick November 21, 2020

In this story: politics, lifestyle, urban living, activism, climate change

Pink flamingo as seen from above lying side down in a patch of bright green grass

Using Less Energy Is the Most Renewable Energy There Is

How one neigbhorhood in Pittsburgh could help the city meet its climate goals

By Brittany Hailer November 1, 2020

In this story: clean energy, urban living

A young man prepares to take a shot at a basketball hoop set up on the street in front of houses in Pittsburgh. Four other young men stand around.

Learning to Love Bats

A winged love story takes flight in Chicago

By Elaine Glusac January 27, 2020

In this story: wildlife, urban living, science, animals

Small adorable group of little brown bats hanging off the roof of a cave

Suburbia Doesn't Have to Be This Way

Radical Suburbs shows us how it could have gone differently

By Heather Smith April 1, 2019

In this story: books, architecture, urban living

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