Insights

Research Over Coffee: What New Orleans Schools Learned After Katrina

The dramatic overhaul of its school system provides a unique experiment on school reform.

Transportation Pods, a Concrete River, and the Swimming Pool Legacy: Urban Insights From Around the Web

A new feature highlighting the week’s interesting, important and downright weird news about cities.

American Political Participation is Down (Except Among Black People)

The bigger question is whether their momentum carries over into 2016.

Watts at 50; Rising Rent; and the Tiff About Toilets: Urban Insights From Around the Web

A new feature highlighting the week’s interesting, important and downright weird news about cities.

What A Poll Of Mayors Reveals About The Uneven Economic Recovery

Businesses are expanding and property values are rising. But demand for food, shelter, and affordable housing is increasing too. What does that disconnect mean for American cities?

Research Over Coffee: How Trump’s Racist Remarks Fit a Pattern of GOP Rhetoric on Immigrants

The GOP front-runner’s attacks on Latinos are in line with the party’s ongoing anti-immigrant rhetoric, study finds

L.A. From Above; Public Housing on TV; and the Real Cost of Potholes: Urban Insights from Around the Web

A new feature highlighting the week’s interesting, important and downright weird news about cities.

If You Want People to Stop Smoking, Show Them Their Neighbors Think it’s a Bad Idea

A new study suggests that where people live and who their neighbors are, could affect their likelihood to smoke while pregnant, despite health risks.

The exurbs’ comeback; bailing on the Olympics; and dead-lifting cars: Urban Insights From Around the Web

Ryan Holeywell | July 31, 2015 A new feature highlighting the week’s interesting, important and downright weird news about cities.

Research Over Coffee: How Foreign-Born Healthcare Workers Are Changing Houston

Doctors and nurses from foreign countries play a key role in improving the region’s communities – and its healthcare system.

Urban Insights From Around the Web

As part of a new weekly feature, the Urban Edge shares with readers the most interesting stories about cities from the previous week

The Most Interesting Affordable Housing in Houston

Development aims to offer options as community stands poised to gentrify

What the 1960s Can Teach Us About How Segregation Affects Aspirations

As schools become more homogenous, historic surveys of black students offer insights

Research Over Coffee: How to Best Prepare for a Coming Hurricane

Predictors indicate who’s likely to skip town when the big one hits

When, exactly, do protests become riots?

Media coverage focused on “thugs” can distract from broader concerns