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Incoming In Ithaca

Cornell AAP announces eight new faculty members, including cross-disciplinary social justice cohort

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In Care Of

Urban planner Justin Garrett Moore thinks cities need a Department of Care

aerial view of a BLM street mural in manhattan
New Voices of Care

AN and the Pratt Institute introduce the published works of the inaugural New Voices in Architectural Journalism fellows

Revisiting Just

From Hate to Healing

Reparative justice and adaptive reuse align in planned transformation of old Fort Worth KKK hall into community arts hub

The I-81 viaduct cuts through Syracuse’s urban core. Left: The city's density in 1955 before the highway's construction. Right: The city's density today.
Redressings

New York will finally tear down Syracuse’s maligned I-81 highway

Realigning

ACADIA 2021 put the focus squarely on the human side

historical marker for john coltrane home on long island, one of the Mellon Foundation’s Humanities in Place program grantees
Giving Voice to Place

The Mellon Foundation reveals its inaugural Humanities in Place grantees

aerial view of downtown Indianapolis
Local Hire

Indianapolis hires new deputy planning director with a focus on equity

Rendering of a zibi designed waterfront mixed use community with bike lanes
Block Change

Developers see new data analysis and gathering tools as key to more equitable development

An LA metro train chugging down the tracks
Keeping On

Planner Lily Song on continuing the push for anti-racist design

aerial rendering of a building with a public plaza, the future newark community museum
When Healing Meets Adaptive Reuse

Police precinct at the center of 1967 Newark Rebellion will be converted into a social justice museum

The UC Berkeley building for the CED
Fresh funding for Berkeley

UC Berkeley CED launches a full-tuition fellowship for design students pursuing social justice work

Aerial photo of downtwon Baltimore. Urbanist richard florida thinks people will return
Building Back?

Richard Florida outlines his vision for a ‘post-pandemic city’

Exterior of a glass storefront with the Center For Architecture written on the front
Indigenous Futurism

New York’s Center for Architecture launches a residency lab to broaden diversity

A photoshopped image of the Jefferson Davis Memorial Chair with a hole cut into it
The Stone Throne

Anti-racism activists kidnapped a Confederate monument and used it as a toilet… or did they?

photograph of a community event at a Chicago public school
Your Friendly Neighborhood Designer

Design Trust Chicago seeks to address systems beyond structures

Photo of the first issue of Deem
Sitting Down with Deem

Deem, a new journal, wants design to focus back on people

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