Philanthropy has a well-documented diversity problem. But it also has a power-sharing problem. Money flows from funders to recipients, who often have little say in its allocation. Schoolchildren in ...

Extreme heat is a complex public health problem driven by interactions at the individual, community, health system, and policy levels. Participatory systems science engages interested parties to ...

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child defined child-friendly cities as those that prioritize children’s access to safe environments, healthcare, education, green spaces, and the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Celina Su, CUNY Graduate Center (THE CONVERSATION) Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. In this excerpt from “Hyperlocal: Place Governance in a ...

Moving away from top-down approaches, contemporary practices embrace more inclusive and participatory models and design processes. Participatory planning, a notion that prioritizes involving the ...

Government budgets are often opaque documents that are thrashed out behind closed doors or during noisy debates. But a couple of Massachusetts cities are giving residents a direct voice in how their ...

Sacramentans could soon have more of a say over how they’d like the city to spend taxpayer dollars, after City Council decided on Tuesday they would put money from the city’s general fund into a pilot ...

Shaun Glaze, the lead researcher for King County Equity Now, explained the details around the project on Monday. Credit: SHITTY SCREENSHOT OF THE SEATTLE CHANNEL On Monday King County Equity Now ...

Residents of District 7, which covers Manhattanville, Morningside Heights, Manhattan Valley, and Hamilton Heights, are joining New York City’s annual participatory budgeting process, through which ...

Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield delivered her first State of the City address on March 31, 2026, at Mumford High School on the city’s northwest side. In the speech, Sheffield touted the accomplishments ...