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Next City

Straw Hut Media

Join Lucas Grindley, executive director at Next City, where we believe journalists have the power to amplify solutions and spread workable ideas. Each week Lucas will sit down with trailblazers to discuss urban issues that get overlooked. At the end of the day, it"s all about focusing the world"s attention on the good ideas that we hope will grow. Grab a seat from the bus, subway, light-rail, or whatever your transit-love may be and listen on the go as we spread solutions from one city to the Next

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33:05

Cars Are the Problem. She Wrote A Manifesto On It

Next City ·

2024/03/06

Meet the author of a new book on how to achieve inclusive transportation that repairs divided communities.

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24:55

What We Can Learn From ‘Ghost Rivers’

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2024/02/28

Baltimore buried these hidden streams, and an installation is a reminder of the visible costs of trying to control our urban waterways.

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30:16

One Tiny Credit Union Is Powering Brooklyn’s Economy

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2024/02/14

What makes this particular credit union so special, how did it come to be – and what if there were more of them?

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26:43

Countering Extreme Heat Requires All of Us

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2024/02/08

Experts have a long list of solutions that we’ve known about for a long time. But the old ways of doing things are keeping changemakers apart and the status quo in place.

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30:54

The Secret to Long-Term Recovery in Puerto Rico?

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2024/01/24

Strengthening the “cooperativas” in Puerto Rico might be the key to rebuilding after a string of disasters.

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20:17

Can We Make Homebuying Permanently Affordable?

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2024/01/10

A nonprofit in Richmond, Virginia is the nation’s first combination of a community land trust with a land bank, and it’s trying to shrink the racial homeownership gap.

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24:19

Building a Future of Food Security with Community...

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2024/01/03

If you're not familiar, community fridges are exactly what they sound like. They're refrigerators where you can come and take whatever food you need for free. They're stocked by donations and managed usually by a small group of volunteers. Today, we'll hear from Taylor Scott who -- when she couldn't find that community fridge -- started RVA Community Fridges.

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37:42

SOTY Revisit: One City Made Former Prisoners A...

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2023/12/27

Next City is turning 20! And our journalists are publishing a special 20th-anniversary edition of our annual Solutions of the Year magazine in which we’re talking about the solutions we want to see expand in cities over the next 20 years.As part of the celebration, we’re re-airing some of the stories that we’ve covered here on the podcast. Today, two community organizers in Atlanta who won legal protections for themselves and other who were formerly incarcerated.

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32:25

SOTY Revisit: Boston Is Helping To Buy Up Buildings...

Next City ·

2023/12/20

Next City is turning 20! And our journalists are publishing a special 20th-anniversary edition of our annual Solutions of the Year magazine in which we’re talking about the solutions we want to see expand in cities over the next 20 years.As part of the celebration, we’re re-airing some of the stories that we’ve covered here on the podcast. Today, how community-owned real estate in East Boston is keeping rents affordable.

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30:43

SOTY Revisit: Why So Many People Attend City Meetings...

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2023/12/13

Next City is turning 20! And our journalists are publishing a special 20th-anniversary edition of our annual Solutions of the Year magazine in which we’re talking about the solutions we want to see expand in cities over the next 20 years.As part of the celebration, we’re re-airing some of the stories that we’ve covered here on the podcast. Today, how a Kentucky non-profit increased participation in Lexington’s local government.

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36:25

SOTY Revisit: The Black Barber Who Launched A Credit...

Next City ·

2023/12/06

Next City is turning 20! And our journalists are publishing a special 20th-anniversary edition of our annual Solutions of the Year magazine in which we’re talking about the solutions we want to see expand in cities over the next 20 years. As part of the celebration, we’re re-airing some of the stories that we’ve covered here on the podcast. Today, the Black barber whose work inspired him to launch a credit union to help his clients and neighbors in Arkansas.

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30:46

Latino Loan Funds Supporting Latino Business Owners

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2023/11/08

The number of Latino-owned businesses in the U.S. grew by 34% between 2007 and 2019. And now these entrepreneurs have an ally — a loan fund that caters to Latino and immigrant entrepreneurs.

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28:30

If The NFL Can Do It, So Can You

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2023/11/01

More than giving back, the NFL acknowledges it makes money by depending on Black athletes, and its new investments are considering the communities where its athletes come from.

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33:43

Can Development Be Anti-Racist? This Report Shows Us How

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2023/10/23

Today, we’re partnering with ThirdSpace Action Lab on this sponsored episode about The Anti-Racist Community Development research project, which has documented the range of ways that structural racism still shows up in community development and the many ways that people are trying to make community development anti-racist.

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28:39

The ‘Death Star’ Law Is Real and Coming to a State...

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2023/10/11

The so-called Death Star law was passed in Texas. Luckily, a lawsuit was filed by the city of Houston, joined by San Antonio and El Paso, and supported by dozens of large and small municipalities in Texas - they formed an Alliance, if you will.

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32:27

The New Crowdfunding: Where the Neighborhood Owns...

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2023/09/27

Through organizations like Chicago TREND and with the help of new and federally regulated fintech platforms, community members and people of color who were excluded from ownership now have an opportunity not only to own a piece of a shopping mall or other commercial space, but also to see a return on their investment.Reporting for this story was made possible with funding from the Mastercard Impact Fund in partnership with the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth.

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39:09

The Real Consequences of Not Funding POC Arts

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2023/09/13

A new report surveyed nonprofits and what it discovered has activists calling for a new way of funding arts and culture. Can they change the way things have always been done?

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27:29

Creating a Sanctuary Where Artists Can Sustain Their...

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2023/08/30

In Oakland, a nonprofit is giving entrepreneurs of color the chance to use vacant storefronts to try out their own businesses. The first step? Convert building ground floor into a public park.Reporting for this story was made possible with funding from the Mastercard Impact Fund in partnership with the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth.

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24:50

We Can Just Decide Not To Evict People With...

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2023/08/23

Today we talk about a solution to the lack of housing access that is within reach for many local Public Housing Authorities.

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20:11

How We Stop Discriminating Against Housing Vouchers

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2023/08/09

Housing vouchers are a federally-funded payment system. They’re used by low-income people to rent a home — any home. Or at least, that’s how it’s supposed to work. While the Fair Housing Act of 1968 offered legal protections against discrimination based on race, religion, sex, and disability, there is nothing in it that says you can’t discriminate against someone based on how the source of their income.

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