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J. Brian Charles

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J. Brian Charles, is a journalist who writes about urban affairs, education, criminal justice, race and inequality. His work has appeared in The Trace, Vox, Governing, Playboy, Wired and the Baltimore Beat. 

There's a growing movement to eliminate the so-called tip credit for bartenders and servers. Washington, D.C., could be next to outlaw the practice.
Libraries across the country are training their staff to administer the drug that can reverse an overdose.
The push to form new governments is heating up in places from Georgia to California.
The annual National League of Cities report reveals a shift in the way mayors talk, especially about infrastructure.
San Francisco just elected its first black female mayor at a time when the number of big-city black mayors has been on the decline. Their leadership style has changed, too.
Austin Beutner, the new leader of Los Angeles schools, is the latest big-city superintendent with no education experience. Some say that -- and his ties to charter schools -- are cause for concern.
Land use experts question whether vacant property taxes are the right way to spur development.
Despite an urban real estate boom, the home-values gap for traditionally African-American neighborhoods is actually getting worse.
The justices will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in a case over the state's legislative and congressional maps, which have been accused of discriminating against black and Latino voters.
Fayetteville, N.C., earned the top honors in the annual Equipt to Innovate report, a joint study from Governing and the nonprofit Living Cities.