“Stacked Decks: Building Inspectors and the Reproduction of Urban Inequality” published this month. (Images courtesy University of Chicago Press) This is your first of three free stories this month.

Failing an electrical safety inspection is not the end of the world for a Pennsylvania business. But ignoring what comes next ...

Around 70% of East Ramapo buildings — including every single school — failed a recent safety survey, and others were determined to be unsatisfactory. Not a single building in use by the district was ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A building on Kansas City’s new Ferris wheel site has failed its final inspection, raising questions of when the KC Wheel will open. A report from the city shows Pennway Point’s KC ...