Additional Topics and Resources
Additional Articles Shaping Our Outlook
COVID-19 Outlook
- Brookings Institute: Mapping COVID-19’s spread from blue to red America (06.03.20)
- New York Times: Flattening the Truth on Coronavirus (05.03.20)
- New York Times: How Long Will a Vaccine Really Take? (04.30.20)
- The Daily Podcast from the New York Times: The Next Year (or Two) of the Pandemic (04.20.20)
- McKinsey & Co: The future is not what it used to be: Thoughts on the shape of the next normal (04.20)
Economy & Business
- BCG: COVID-19 Consumer Sentiment Snapshot: Special Feature—Asia-Pacific (05.06.20)
- McKinsey & Co: COVID-19’s effect on jobs at small businesses in the United States (05.05.20)
- Bloomberg News: Airbnb Is Cutting 25% of Staff Amid Global Travel Slump (05.05.20)
- The Economist: Politicians in America and Europe scramble to help small firms (05.02.20)
- Wall Street Journal: ‘A Bargain With the Devil’—Bill Comes Due for Overextended Airbnb Hosts (04.28.20)
- The Atlantic: The Supermarket After the Pandemic (04.17.20)
Racial Justice
- New York Times: Who Gets a Vaccine First? U.S. Considers Race in Coronavirus Plans (07.09.20)
- New York Times: The Fullest Look Yet at the Racial Inequity of Coronavirus (07.05.20)
- Streetsblog NYC: Op-Ed: 'Open Streets' Isn't Working for All of the People (07.07.20)
- CityLab: The Coming Wave of Coronavirus Evictions Will Wipe Out Black Renters (07.01.20)
- Canadian Urban Institute (Virtual Conversations): How do we respond to anti-Black racism in urbanist practices and conversations? Pt. II (06.23.20)
- The Tyee: Whose Streets? Black Streets (06.18.20)
- Curbed: How to End Anti-Blackness in Cities (06.17.20)
- Canadian Urban Institute (Virtual Conversation): How do we respond to anti-Black racism in urbanist practices and conversations? (06.10.20)
- CityLab: 'Safe Streets' Are Not Safe for Black Lives (6.8.20)
- Next City: COVID-19 Puts Structural Racism On Full Display — Will We Finally Do Something to Correct It? (05.11.20)
- The Atlantic: The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying (05.08.20)
- The Guardian: A tale of two cities: how New York police enforce social distancing by the color of your skin (05.04.20)
- Vox: Retail Covid-19 testing is a massive failure for black communities (04.28.20)
- New York Times: Social Distancing Is a Privilege (04.05.20)
Urbanism & Density:
- Curbed: Coronavirus is not fuel for urbanist fantasies (05.20.20)
- New York Times: Manhattan Faces a Reckoning if Working From Home Becomes the Norm (05.12.20)
- New York Times: The Cities We Need (05.11.20)
- City Observatory: Is Covid-19 the end of cities? (Spoiler: No.) (04.20.20)
- Rocky Mountain Institute: Coronavirus and the Fragility of Auto-Centric Cities (04.13.20)
- Scientific American: Are Crowded Cities the Reason for the COVID-19 Pandemic? (04.17.20)
- CityLab: The Post-Pandemic Urban Future Is Already Here (04.06.20)
Workplace
- 1843 Magazine: Death of the office (June/July Issue)
- Wall Street Journal: Facebook to Shift Permanently Toward More Remote Work After Coronavirus (05.21.20)
- New York Times: I Never Planned to Be a Front-Line Worker at Dollar General (04.26.20)
Resources and Links to Organizations
- The Untokening: Mobility Justice and COVID-19
- Jay Pitter's "A Call to Courage: An Open Letter to Canadian Urbanists"
- Urbanist Leaders of Color by @mslynnross
- Salzburg Global Fellows: Confronting Power and Privilege for Inclusive, Equitable and Healthy Communities
- NACTO COVID-19: Transportation Response Center
- National League of Cities COVID-19 Local Action Tracker
- Polis COVID-19 Keeping Things Moving
- Google Community Mobility Reports: See how your community is moving around differently due to COVID-19
- COVID Mobility Works: Community mobility responses motivated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Additional Articles Shaping Our Outlook
COVID-19 Outlook
- Brookings Institute: Mapping COVID-19’s spread from blue to red America (06.03.20)
- New York Times: Flattening the Truth on Coronavirus (05.03.20)
- New York Times: How Long Will a Vaccine Really Take? (04.30.20)
- The Daily Podcast from the New York Times: The Next Year (or Two) of the Pandemic (04.20.20)
- McKinsey & Co: The future is not what it used to be: Thoughts on the shape of the next normal (04.20)
Economy & Business
- BCG: COVID-19 Consumer Sentiment Snapshot: Special Feature—Asia-Pacific (05.06.20)
- McKinsey & Co: COVID-19’s effect on jobs at small businesses in the United States (05.05.20)
- Bloomberg News: Airbnb Is Cutting 25% of Staff Amid Global Travel Slump (05.05.20)
- The Economist: Politicians in America and Europe scramble to help small firms (05.02.20)
- Wall Street Journal: ‘A Bargain With the Devil’—Bill Comes Due for Overextended Airbnb Hosts (04.28.20)
- The Atlantic: The Supermarket After the Pandemic (04.17.20)
Racial Justice
- New York Times: Who Gets a Vaccine First? U.S. Considers Race in Coronavirus Plans (07.09.20)
- New York Times: The Fullest Look Yet at the Racial Inequity of Coronavirus (07.05.20)
- Streetsblog NYC: Op-Ed: 'Open Streets' Isn't Working for All of the People (07.07.20)
- CityLab: The Coming Wave of Coronavirus Evictions Will Wipe Out Black Renters (07.01.20)
- Canadian Urban Institute (Virtual Conversations): How do we respond to anti-Black racism in urbanist practices and conversations? Pt. II (06.23.20)
- The Tyee: Whose Streets? Black Streets (06.18.20)
- Curbed: How to End Anti-Blackness in Cities (06.17.20)
- Canadian Urban Institute (Virtual Conversation): How do we respond to anti-Black racism in urbanist practices and conversations? (06.10.20)
- CityLab: 'Safe Streets' Are Not Safe for Black Lives (6.8.20)
- Next City: COVID-19 Puts Structural Racism On Full Display — Will We Finally Do Something to Correct It? (05.11.20)
- The Atlantic: The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying (05.08.20)
- The Guardian: A tale of two cities: how New York police enforce social distancing by the color of your skin (05.04.20)
- Vox: Retail Covid-19 testing is a massive failure for black communities (04.28.20)
- New York Times: Social Distancing Is a Privilege (04.05.20)
Urbanism & Density:
- Curbed: Coronavirus is not fuel for urbanist fantasies (05.20.20)
- New York Times: Manhattan Faces a Reckoning if Working From Home Becomes the Norm (05.12.20)
- New York Times: The Cities We Need (05.11.20)
- City Observatory: Is Covid-19 the end of cities? (Spoiler: No.) (04.20.20)
- Rocky Mountain Institute: Coronavirus and the Fragility of Auto-Centric Cities (04.13.20)
- Scientific American: Are Crowded Cities the Reason for the COVID-19 Pandemic? (04.17.20)
- CityLab: The Post-Pandemic Urban Future Is Already Here (04.06.20)
Workplace
- 1843 Magazine: Death of the office (June/July Issue)
- Wall Street Journal: Facebook to Shift Permanently Toward More Remote Work After Coronavirus (05.21.20)
- New York Times: I Never Planned to Be a Front-Line Worker at Dollar General (04.26.20)
Resources and Links to Organizations
- The Untokening: Mobility Justice and COVID-19
- Jay Pitter's "A Call to Courage: An Open Letter to Canadian Urbanists"
- Urbanist Leaders of Color by @mslynnross
- Salzburg Global Fellows: Confronting Power and Privilege for Inclusive, Equitable and Healthy Communities
- NACTO COVID-19: Transportation Response Center
- National League of Cities COVID-19 Local Action Tracker
- Polis COVID-19 Keeping Things Moving
- Google Community Mobility Reports: See how your community is moving around differently due to COVID-19
- COVID Mobility Works: Community mobility responses motivated by the COVID-19 pandemic.