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1 week ago | nextcity.org | Aysha Khan

Welcome back to The Weekly Wrap, our Friday roundup of stories that explain the problems oppressing people in cities and elevate the solutions that bring us closer to economic, environmental and social justice. If you enjoy this newsletter, share it with a friend or colleague and tell them to subscribe. Weeks after to further boost its housing construction boom, the Texas Legislature has now approved a similar change to its state building code.

2 weeks ago | nextcity.org | Nina Ignaczak

Darwin Baas surveys Kent County’s landfill from the cab of a county truck, watching the steady arrival of waste-hauling vehicles dumping drywall, sofas, home clean-outs, and bagged leftovers tumbling out by the ton. An average of 800 of these trucks arrive every day. The South Kent Landfill — just outside Grand Rapids — is now about 95% full.

2 weeks ago | nextcity.org | Nina Ignaczak

This story was co-published with Planet Detroit as part of a week-long series investigating how Michigan’s food waste system contributes to climate change through landfill methane emissions — and the local solutions that could turn the tide. From farm to fridge to landfill, we examine how wasted food impacts our environment, economy, and communities, and highlight the people working to build a more sustainable, climate-friendly future.

4 weeks ago | nextcity.org | Deonna Anderson

Welcome back to The Weekly Wrap, our Friday roundup of stories that explain the problems oppressing people in cities and elevate the solutions that bring us closer to economic, environmental and social justice. If you enjoy this newsletter, share it with a friend or colleague and tell them to subscribe. TODAY is the last day to submit an application for Next City’s annual Vanguard conference (taking place this October in Philly).

1 month ago | nextcity.org | Eliana Perozo

In late April, the White House issued yet another executive order threatening to withhold federal funds from all “sanctuary” jurisdictions, calling their lack of cooperation with federal immigration authorities “a lawless insurrection against the supremacy of Federal law.” The executive order directs the Department of Justice, attorney general and Secretary of Homeland Security to provide a list of all sanctuary cities in order to suspend or terminate federal funding, including grants and...