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While government services fail across Johannesburg, residents and businesses are stepping up to fix potholes, clean streets, and manage entire neighborhoods themselves. Their success proves community action works, and now they're pushing for official support to expand citywide.
New York City is transforming streets into walking tributes with geolocated stories of everyday New Yorkers who helped during 9/11 rescue and recovery efforts. From artists painting murals by car headlight to road crews driving into darkness toward Ground Zero, 27 digital kiosks now share these inspiring moments of community courage.
New York City threw its first championship parade for the Knicks after more than 50 years, bringing hundreds of thousands together in a celebration of hope and joy. The historic win arrived at just the right time for a city recovering from pandemic isolation and division.
