Companies are legally obligated to try to maximize profits. Some states are creating companies that can also factor employees, the community and the environment into financial decisions.

A look back at the building of millions of miles of roads shows why passenger rail needs a well-structured bureaucracy in order to succeed.

Once popular, these car-free zones are slowly disappearing from the urban landscape.

People have gradually lost trust in government. How can public leaders get it back?

Milwaukee hopes to pioneer new tech advances in farming that would create jobs and eliminate food deserts in depressed neighborhoods.