infrastructure

Devastation in LA and elsewhere has taught us what can help prevent catastrophes — more firefighters, improved water systems and mitigation.

The importance of establishing a fund like those in China, Norway and many Gulf states is one of the few points on which Kamala Harris and Donald Trump agree.

It isn’t easy to upgrade a 20th-century system of transmission lines, generating stations and home outlets for 21st-century needs.

As neighborhoods experiment with play streets, grownups can reconsider modern parenting, Stephanie Murray wrote in The Atlantic.

Roads, utilities and telecommunications provide some of the greatest economic returns.

As the federal government tries to connect every home to high-speed internet by 2030, Kai Ryssdal visits a Kentucky town that already did that — 10 years ago.

So what will it take for the other 90%? A lot of sweeping physical transformation.

Other nations, including Brazil and Nigeria, have established a new capital. But if you build it, will people come?

Lindsay Owens of the Groundwork Collaborative points to relief from junk fees and medical debt as well as policy fights around taxes.

There were legislative accomplishments, like the Inflation Reduction Act and the CHIPS Act. But there was also elevated inflation.