Governance

Texas High Schools Are Supposed to Help Students Register to Vote. Many Aren't.

A new study from the Texas Civil Rights Project tracked which schools had requested voter registration forms from the state and which hadn't.

Urban Review: Parking, A Football Oz and How To (Not) Write About Los Angeles

This week, new data on parking, a review of a fabricated sports city, the problem with work requirements and a lesson in writing about Los Angeles (and all cities).

National Partisan Nastiness Is Now Poisoning Local Politics

Zocalo Public Square | "Sometimes we couldn’t even agree on what to call our city."

Urban Review: New Black Cities, Prop. 13 40 Years On and Texas' Migrant Child Detention Facilities

This week, a look at newly formed majority-black cities and some of the challenges they face, the legacy of Prop. 13 according to California residents and a map documenting the migrant children being held across Texas.

In Fights Between States and Cities, It's Not Just Red vs. Blue

Governing | Preempting local laws is no longer a trend in just conservative states.