Howard and Craig Wakeland had already built 26 apartment buildings across Champaign-Urbana when they acquired three lots on West Main Street in Urbana, adjacent to a six-unit building they already own...

Champaign grows candle by candle, window by window. Jared stops by the blog to show how small bets and walkable blocks shape real prosperity.

A century-old home. A growing housing crisis. And a city caught between its past and its promises.

Why a forgotten vote in South Carolina—and a collapsed highway in Philadelphia—hold the blueprint for urgent school reform.