Since Floyd was killed, average rates of these stops across census tracts have plummeted below pandemic levels: an average of 70 a week from May 25 to the end of August, compared with a weekly average of 351 prior.
“This is a perfect time for us to take a look at this and figure out what kind of response do we want, and who’s involved in that response,” says Mary Moriarty, the chief public defender in the county that includes Minneapolis.
Last September, in the middle of a roundabout along Mexico City's Paseo de la Reforma, feminist activists installed a wooden carving of a woman raising her fist to the sky.
Around it are the names of victims of Mexico's epidemic of violence against women
La Glorieta de las Mujeres que Luchan, or the Roundabout of the Women who Fight, is what activists now call this prized location.
It has become a flashpoint in the ongoing feminist uprising that has transformed the Mexican capital
The U.S. housing market shifted into overdrive during the pandemic, with more than 6 million homes selling in 2021 despite skyrocketing prices in many cities.
In early 2022, there's no sign that cutthroat bidding and rising prices won't continue trib.al/nS39ovW
"It's uniquely challenging for first-time buyers, since they're not benefitting from the increase in home prices," said Realtor.com chief economist Danielle Hale, who predicts more record-high home prices this year trib.al/91fVwCS
"If you're the type of person who falls in love with a house, this is not your market," says Candace Evans, a Redfin team manager in New York.
"Buyers should anticipate that they may not win a house until their sixth or seventh bid." trib.al/GlEuiul
Homes are taxed as a function of their market value across much of the nation, but New York City's process is more complicated and problematic than most.
Hundreds of residents last year implored a special city commission to change the law: trib.al/ilH8H40
The 40-year-old state law that created the system was built to favor single-family homeowners over renters or commercial buildings.
It often hurts the low- and moderate-income owners of condos and co-ops
Spiraling home prices have magnified inequities as residents face shocking property tax bills.
It's a reality forcing some longtime city residents into debt or to consider moving away.
Eric Adams, the new mayor, has vowed to prioritize the issue trib.al/6n6t8mH
Take any major U.S. city and you're likely to find a historically Black neighborhood demolished or cut off from the rest of the city by a highway.
The legacy of this racist transportation policy continues to define urban landscapes. [THREAD] bloom.bg/3zJrbo2
This map shows the Rondo neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota.
In the first half of the 20th century it was home to most of the city's African American residents.
It was a key area to do business, meet, shop and socialize during segregation and the Jim Crow era.
Construction of I-94 through Rondo began in the mid-1950s.
"As someone who was there ... it was a surreal experience to see it street by street. It's something I've never forgotten," said Marvin Anderson, a Rondo resident and co-founder of ReConnect Rondo.
Why name a sports team after sculptures on a bridge?
It's not completely unprecedented for a ballclub to look to transportation infrastructure for inspiration — see, most famously, the Brooklyn "Trolley Dodgers." bloom.bg/376ELFE
The late 19th century dawn of professional baseball, and Cleveland was an emerging U.S. transportation and industrial hub.
1/ When people moved out of expensive cities, where did they go?
A year of migration data reveals trends and interesting surprises: bloom.bg/3xCC4YB
2/ After much speculation about emptied downtowns and the prospect of remote work, a year of @USPS data gives the clearest picture yet of how people moved.
3/ There is no urban exodus — perhaps it's more of an urban shuffle.
Despite talk of mass moves to Florida and Texas, data shows most people who did move stayed close to where they came from.