Opinion: Our Libraries Are the Last Free Indoor Places. Fund Them Like It

Libraries now do the work of community centers, job offices and cooling centers. Their budgets haven’t caught up.
Opinion: Bring Back the Neighborhood Bus Stop Bench

Small comforts make transit usable for everyone. Start with somewhere to sit.
A Neighborhood Bookstore Celebrates 50 Years With a Block Party

Live music, a used-book sale and readings by local authors — plus the story of how the shop survived.