As homelessness continues to rise — and housing solutions risk losing federal funding — major cities are working to figure out how to best develop affordable housing units for people facing housing ...

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When leadership at Harrison School District 2 in Colorado Springs, Colorado toured a tiny home village for young people in poverty created by local nonprofit We Fortify, they left feeling inspired.

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This lesbian archive is preserving LGBTQ+ history as it's erased: 'Proof of our existence' As programs recognizing LGBTQ+ people are cut, an Ohio archive is doing what queer Americans always have: ...

In 2022, former Arizona Governor Doug Ducey spent an estimated $82 million to construct a makeshift wall along the United States-Mexico border with shipping containers. Using over 1,000 containers in ...