“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.

Hurricanes and massive snowstorms are inconvenient for many Nutmeggers, but they also prompt additional work for Connecticut’s already-busy building inspectors. During the Northeast’s recent rough ...

Experts say it will take months to determine what caused the partial condominium to collapse, it has been called “absolutely devastating.” Many questions remain, like how this could have happened, and ...