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The Little Union That Could
National Nurses United—striking Wednesday to demand better Ebola protections—is gaining strength as other labor organizations around the country lose clout.
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jayhay2336/Flickr Is There Hope for Local News?
Tim Redmond was another casualty of the shrinking news business. But he's not going to give up on covering his city.
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Robert Galbraith/Reuters Plenty of Work, but Nowhere to Live
Can the Bay Area solve its housing crises by imitating the approach used by the mining industry?
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Robert Galbraith/Reuters The City That Gave Its Residents $3 Million
Vallejo, California, residents were initially psyched to spend tax dollars on their pet projects. But things haven't turned out as they had hoped.
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Steve Keegan/Reuters Unemployment: How Much Progress Is Enough?
A look at the five states that had the highest jobless rates in 2010 and how they're doing now
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Aaron Harris/Reuters How to Crush Unemployment Like a Boss
Colorado, Utah, and Idaho have outperformed the national average in unemployment recovery. How'd they do it?
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Jimmy Carter's Advice on Civic Action: Use Your Special Skills, Share Credit
Innovative examples of civic engagement, volunteering, and making communities work.
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Alana Semuels/The Atlantic The Little Union That Could
RoseAnn DeMoro and National Nurses United are gaining strength as other organizations around the country lose clout.
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KOMO News Can Neighborhood Outreach Boost Obamacare Enrollment?
King County, Washington, transferred almost all of its federal enrollment money to community leaders within vulnerable uninsured populations.
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Fawn Johnson What Role Can Ex-Convicts Play in Curbing Violence?
Baltimore's Safe Streets is one of a half-dozen operations across the country set up by Cure Violence, a nonprofit that applies the tenets of disease eradication to reducing shootings and homicides.
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Fawn Johnson for National Journal One Millennial's Answer to Political Apathy: Put College Students in Classrooms
Generation Citizen sends college volunteers into high schools and middle schools to teach kids to solve social problems.
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Fawn Johnson for National Journal Walking the Streets of Baltimore With the Other Barksdale
Convicted criminals make the best "violence interrupters" in tough inner-city neighborhoods.
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National Journal Forget Dating Apps. These Millennials Want to Use Start-Ups to Save the World.
A profound generational shift is shaping new approaches to addressing civic problems.
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Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Should Obamacare Help Pay for Housing?
The Medicaid expansion, part of Obamacare, has given thousands of poor people access to healthcare. For some it may be a waste of money unless they can get a place to live, too.
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The Woman Who Turned Obamacare Into Neighborhood Self-Help
King County, Wash., transferred almost all of its federal enrollment money to community leaders within vulnerable uninsured populations.
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La Citta Vita/Flickr The Case for Trailer Parks
Houses made in a factory are a cheap and energy-efficient way for poorer Americans to become homeowners—plus, these days, the mass-produced units can be pretty spiffy.
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rioncm/jocelyn kinghorn/rochelle hartman/Flickr What Will It Take for Millennials to Become Homeowners?
Many cities and states are offering programs to entice first-time buyers—with mixed results.
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Can Homeless People Move Into Baltimore's Abandoned Houses?
There are more than 16,000 vacant homes in the city. Are they the solution to the long-standing housing crisis?
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Alana Semuels Could Baltimore's 16,000 Vacant Houses Shelter the City's Homeless?
For thousands of people without a stable place to live, perfectly intact but abandoned buildings could become home.
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Why Are Political Scientists Studying Ice Bucket Challenges?
Civic engagement is morphing so fast that it's hard to measure. And that's a good thing.
