Urban Edge

Experts share insights into planning and paying for resilience.

This week, World Cup kicks off, experts ponder a future of robot work and a new report looks at detention centers across Texas and what happens to the people held inside them.

A Harris County worker earning minimum wage would need to work 113 hours per week to afford a fair market, two-bedroom rental house.

They are vastly underrepresented.

Walking the streets of Houston's densest neighborhood reveals a lack of adequate infrastructure and serious safety hazards.

This week, Houston releases its plan for housing recovery dollars after Harvey, a bill in South Carolina aims to get overlooked low-income students into challenging, college-track courses and one writer asks, where is the South anyway?

A new report sheds light on how assistance for refugees has shifted its focus to short-term employment, at the expense of the new arrivals' well-being.

Missed school days, damaged schools and panic every time it rains were just some of the challenges educators faced after the storm.

With the city set to launch its own land trust and several neighborhoods eager to start their own, the community land trust presents opportunities and challenges.

But it's not enough to cover the properties identified by the flood control district or those who submitted applications after Hurricane Harvey.

This week, the Texas governor's 40-point response to school shooting, a study of racial change in suburban Atlanta, prepping for hurricane season and more.

Among the metrics in the latest ParkScore rankings, basketball hoops per 10,000 residents.

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

A new interactive report shows Houston-area development from 1950s onward.

This week, a look at how Houston's parks compare to other large cities, homelessness after Harvey, a deep-dive into the picnic table and more.

Hint: Start by making it more inclusive.

San Antonio, Phoenix and Dallas were among the cities with the biggest population gains between 2016 and 2017, according to census estimates.

Of the 21 largest school districts in Texas, none matched the national average for per student spending.

A new book contrasts two very different cities and contemplates our urban future.

Through the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership, cities explore how to confront common challenges with data.