An unprecedented analysis of who is buying San Francisco property

Also: The many lives of Notre-Dame, and designing a human habitat on the moon.

Sinkholes, winter-weary trains, and political upheaval have held the Confederation Line light-rail transit back from a seriously overdue opening.

A HUD proposal would ban more immigrant families from public housing to make way for the "most vulnerable." Housing advocates aren't buying it.

In a housing crisis, California cities need to claim single-family home vehicle storage for humans: Let's convert garages into apartments.

New data show a staggering rise in shared e-scooter use nationwide. But overall commuting habits haven't budged.

A new exhibit in El Paso showcases the art created by children detained in a massive border encampment of migrants near the Mexican border.

Investors in NYC’s Hudson Yards misused a visa program meant for low-income areas, with the burden on taxpayers instead of developers.

Also: D.C.’s go-go- showdown, and cemeteries become art galleries.

“We're right at the cusp, technologically speaking, to be able to do this for the first time.”

The New York City Council passed the sweeping Climate Mobilization Act by a vote of 45 to 2.

A new report from Georgetown University reveals wage and other challenges faced by Uber drivers in Washington, D.C., yet many say they plan to keep driving.

Despite established urban tech hubs, some smaller cities are attracting high-tech jobs with lower living costs, unique talent pools, and geographic diversity.

After catastrophic storms in 2016 and 2018, the old Maryland mill town now faces hard choices on how to preserve its historic core and avoid future disasters.

The recovery, ambitiously set for five years, is aided by well-publicized donations from billionaires. Yet difficult questions remain.

Again and again, federal efforts to promote integration have been whittled down almost to nothing.

With their long-dead inhabitants remembered only foggily, historic cemeteries like Mount Auburn and Green-Wood use art to connect to the living.

A biweekly tour of the ever-expanding cartographic landscape.

Brian Rose’s photos show a city of gargantuan casinos and vacant lots, get-rich schemes and dead ends.

In D.C., a neighborhood debate over music swiftly became something bigger, and louder: a cry for self-determination from a community struggling to be heard.

Eight years after banning cities and towns from building high-speed internet networks, state lawmakers unanimously reversed course.

Nostalgia and anxiety about community change often make residents fret about threats to the spiritual essence of a place. Here's what they're really saying.

Two UX designers are making art based on a shared frustration: Government tech ideas that don’t incorporate people into the process.

Also: What is the “soul of the city”? And how to build NIMBY-proof homeless shelters.