We didn’t think it possible, but 2021 has tried its best to outdo 2020. The year kicked off with an attempted overthrow of democracy and seems defined by the scope of realities illogically denied: election results, vaccine efficacy, climate change, institutional racism. At Next City, our reporters forgo the obvious stories that enumerate the wrongs. Instead, they acknowledge those wrongs, then flip the script to center the people who work to make cities places of collective liberation. Despite the year’s dark narrative, our journalists uncovered many inspiring stories, including the demonstrated success and gathering momentum of guaranteed income; the inroads made to lower rates of evictions and homelessness; and the power of people who organize to counter big corporations. Join a panel of Next City reporters as they dig into the powerful stories that inspired them this year, and the stories they can’t wait to unfold in 2022. This conversation, moderated b
On Wednesday, November 17, at 1 p.m. Eastern, join Next City’s Senior Economics Correspondent Oscar Perry Abello for the first in a webinar series that goes beyond the issues of equitable economic development to talk to the people who do the work. You’ve read about their work in the Bottom Line Newsletter or other Next City coverage over the years. But who are they and how did they come to be doing such interesting work at such interesting organizations? How have their career paths (and maybe lives) unfolded to get them to where they are today? What unexpected past experiences have helped guide their work? Where did they get the inspiration to get to where they are today? Joining Oscar for his first conversation is Heron Foundation Portfolio Manager Barbara VanScoy. VanScoy is featured in Oscar’s long-form story “Whose Dollars Are These Anyway? Foundations Rethink Their Model,” which examines how roughly 120,000 philanthropic foundations in the U.S.
The media has spilled much ink covering the Green New Deal, the ambitious but light-on-specifics policy package that promises to tackle climate change while guaranteeing new jobs in green industries. Much of the coverage to date has focused on the grand aspirations: Net-zero emissions in three decades through trillions of dollars of investment. But this ebook contains the small. The modest. One company, one program. Just one idea at a time, but one that could be scaled up in every city around the country. We hope these ideas inspire you to take your own small steps. Thanks to our contributors Jared Brey, Chad Small and Senior Economics Correspondent Oscar Perry Abello for the reporting they did for this series. The stories in “Jump-Starting the Green New Deal” were generously supported by a Fund for Environmental Journalism grant from the Society of Environmental Journalists. And as always, a special thanks to all of the Next City donors who make our ebook program possible.
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On Wednesday, November 17, at 1 p.m. Eastern, join Next City’s Senior Economics Correspondent Oscar Perry Abello for the first in a webinar series that goes beyond the issues of equitable economic development to talk to the people who do the work.