Behind every cul-de-sac and cookie-cutter home lies a force more powerful than design trends—zoning laws. This piece explores how zoning regulations didn’t just control land use, but fundamentally ...

Glendale, CA--I could tell when first arriving in Glendale that this wasn’t a stereotypical American suburb. I’d reserved a place here for the Los Angeles portion of my cross-country trip ...

Once strongholds for homeownership, the suburbs are becoming rental hot spots as high home prices sideline many would-be ...

The rate of suburban poverty rose three times faster than urban poverty between 2019 and 2022. Suburbs in major metros in the South, West, and Midwest saw some of the biggest jumps in poverty. The ...

“Disillusioned,” by Benjamin Herold, follows five families living in the burbs — where they contend with struggling schools, degraded infrastructure, poverty and discrimination.